Not so fast on the firing

I haven't seen this reported anywhere else (?), but the National Association of Elementary School Principals are reporting that part of the waivers on NCLB will be not being required to fire principals to receive school turnaround grants:

Specifically, the regulatory relief package now includes a mandatory review of the current principal rather than his or her automatic dismissal as the first step in implementing any federal school improvement model. This represents a significant shift in the administration’s previous requirements calling for the principal’s immediate dismissal when a school implements one of the models, which enables a district to receive federal School Improvement Grant funds.

Big news.