Tag Archives: No Child Left Behind
Loud and Clear
In the last week, hundreds of education voters have taken our survey on what you want to see when Congress starts work on replacing No Child Left Behind. Your responses were thoughtful, well-informed, innovative, and are exactly what Congress needs to hear. As I’ve been talking to the people who work on our education laws, [...]
We need to hear from you!
As Congress prepares to rewrite the nation’s education laws, we want to be sure they don’t repeat the mistakes of No Child Left Behind. We want to be sure Congress really looks at what we need to do to ensure that our kids get the education they need – for our country to thrive and [...]
Tell Congress: Listen to citizens first
In 2001, President George W. Bush and Congress introduced “No Child Left Behind,” a sweeping overhaul to public education in America, and they did it without talking to the nation’s parents, students, teachers, and community leaders who know how important a quality education is for every one of our children. We all know how that [...]
Time to start talking about No Child Left Behind
2010 will be the year to wipe the slate clean on the so-called “No Child Left Behind” law. And in today’s Washington Post, education writer Jay Mathews — who supported the law — says it’s time to “kill NCLB.” The anniversary of the signing of the No Child Left Behind last Friday reminded me that [...]
Gap Unfilled
With the release of the National Assessment of Educational Progress everyone is anxious to see whether years of No Child Left Behind have in fact closed the achievement gap between white and minority students. To make a long assessment short: no. While student assessment scores are generally on the rise (as compared to the 1970s) [...]
No School Left Behind?
‘Tis the day to report on education apparently! The New York Times peeks in on an elementary school in Sacramento, CA to check on the effects of No Child Left Behind five years after it became law. Prairie Elementary School had been doing well, steadily increasing the scores on the batch of standardized tests that [...]
Taking the next steps together