2008 . African American students and No Child Left Behind legislation: Progression or digression in educational attainment. Multicultural Learning and Teaching , 3(2): 9–29. Doi: 10.2202/2161-2412.1033Lewis, C., Hancock, S., James, M., & Larke, P. (in press)....
Most voted for him, hoping he would reverse the ruinous No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation of George W. Bush. But Obama has not sought to turn back NCLB. His own approach, called Race to the Top, is even more punitive than NCLB. And though over the past week the president has ...
The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of standards, together with a comprehensive testing plan designed to ensure these standards are met. Students at schools that fail to meet...
the defunct federalNo Child Left Behindlegislation had nothing to do with making sure no kids got left behind. It was about focusing obsessively on test and punish even if that meant leaving poor kids in the rear view.
Story as I reflected on my first year teaching under the shadow of the "No Child Left Behind" Act. As have so many other teachers in the trenches, I have grappled with how NCLB will impact my students and me. To this point, at best, I have mixed thoughts about the legislation. ...
No Child Left Behind NoChildLeftBehindThis subject is a passion and a pet peeve of mine and this is an expansion on the response to a classmate’s discussion post. Legislation has everything to do with our public education system and our children’s future which will require changes to adva...
House of Representatives. The invitation to Washington DC was extended by Representative Johnny Isakson (6th District, GA) the Vice Chair of the Web-Based Education Committee and an author of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation.Reed, Ron...
Educational LegislationElementary Secondary EducationFederal LegislationState ProgramsFocuses on the controversies and criticisms gained by the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act from the U.S. political spectrum who are dismayed with the futility of legislating academic...
No Child Left Behind NoChildLeftBehindThis subject is a passion and a pet peeve of mine and this is an expansion on the response to a classmate’s discussion post. Legislation has everything to do with our public education system and our children’s future which will require changes to adva...
In 2001, while the No Child Left Behind legislation was being developed, Rod Paige, Education Secretary at the time, John Boehner, one of Bush’s key Republicans involved, Representative George Miller, and Senator Edward Kennedy who drafted the language and mechanisms of the bill. Like every ot...