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NCLB Turns
10: Perspectives on the No Child Left Behind Act
Education Week
Ten years after President George
W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law on Jan. 8, 2002 , NCLB is now
overdue for reauthorization in Congress. Bipartisan in its origins but
controversial in its execution, NCLB, which is the latest version of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act, expanded the federal role in education
and targeted improving the achievement of disadvantaged students.
To reflect on the law's
anniversary, the Education Week Commentary editors asked a range of K-12
education leaders, politicians, teachers, and child advocates for their
thoughts. This package also includes links to Education Week's coverage over
the decade, readers’ comments, and a glossary of selected NCLB terms.
Secretary
Duncan: After 10 Years, It’s Time for a New NCLB
Ten years ago today,
President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act. The law has improved
American education in some ways, but it also still has flaws that need to be
fixed.
House GOP NCLB Proposal Would Scale Back Federal
Role
House Republicans released a pair of bills today
that would go the furthest of any proposal yet in dismantling the federal
accountability at the heart of the decade-old No Child Left Behind Act.
The proposals would squelch the federal role in intervening in schools that miss achievement targets, require teacher evaluations, and give districts significant new funding flexibility.
The proposals would squelch the federal role in intervening in schools that miss achievement targets, require teacher evaluations, and give districts significant new funding flexibility.
Romney, Santorum, Paul
on education issues
One of the winners in
the top tier of the Republican presidential caucuses in Iowa doesn’t believe
public schools should provide early childhood education, describing it as just
an attempt by the government “to indoctrinate” children.
Students of Online Schools Are Lagging
New York Times By JENNY
ANDERSON Published: January 6, 2012
The number of students
in virtual schools run by educational management organizations rose sharply
last year, according to a new report being published Friday, and far fewer of
them are proving proficient on standardized tests compared with their peers in
other privately managed charter
schools and in
traditional public schools.
Virtual charters lag other public schools'
performance, report says
Jan. 6, 2012 By Lori Higgins, Detroit
Virtual
charter schools are one of the fastest-growing segments of the charter school
industry, but a report released today raises questions about how well they
educate students.
The report by the National Education
Policy Center
WHAT WORKS: Startlingly
sensible achievement gap fix
Washington
You cannot understand
modern education policy without a grasp of the achievement gap. On average,
low-income students have lower academic achievement than affluent students.
Black or Hispanic students similarly score lower on standardized tests, on
average, than white or Asian students.
School leaders say they
want to reduce those gaps but are uncertain about how to do it. They should
read a new book by Arlington
County
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