Blog Posts
Direct steps needed for students' improvement
...read at a basic level at this crucial point in their education. The achievement gap is nothing new. The flawed federal No Child Left Behind law is the most recent major reform to try to assure that poor children catch up with affluent children. Yet achievement...
Jan. 06 12:37 am
Full Story at Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Short Takes: School bus problems cause students to be late
...transports students who choose to leave their neighborhood school through the magnet, voluntary ethnic enrollment and No Child Left Behind choice programs, and special-education students. ?C.M. SAN DIEGO: San Diegans Stephen Grant, Charles Sellers and Wade...
Jan. 06 11:16 am
Full Story at San Diego Union Tribune
Sept. 11 shaped some of Bush legacy
...the central legacy of George Bush. The domestic accomplishments of this center-right president are large and interesting ? No Child Left Behind and prescription drug legislation, to name two ? and his failures were ambitious and politically significant, Social...
Jan. 06 9:35 am
Bush did much more bad than good
...disgrace he has brought to the country. He has violated the Constitution numerous times ? torture, lying to Congress. His "No Child Left Behind" has made education in this country a disservice to our students. All of this is just the tip of the iceberg,...
Jan. 06 9:24 am
Full Story at South Florida Sun-Sentinel
The Case for the Bush Presidency
...the 20s. To push the boulder up the hill, the report unspools a highlight reel of the Administration's accomplishments, from No Child Left Behind to the dissemination of $16 billion in food aid to blighted countries. Framing the text are stats-laden "Did You...
Jan. 06 8:27 am
Utahns focus on economy
...the economy is their top priority. But they are also ready to push for energy and tax reform and to rewrite the "No Child Left Behind" education law they say hurts Utah. They also appear ready to fight among themselves over items such as giving Washington,...
Jan. 06 7:05 am
How to turn Obama's success into gains for black boys
...the past seven years. Most important, Obama has resisted calls from the teachers' unions to dismantle President Bush's No Child Left Behind school-reform law. Whatever the law's shortcomings, No Child's relentless emphasis on data forces school districts to...
Jan. 06 5:48 am
Deficit Aside, Minnesota Lawmakers Have Issues
...to build a new Vikings stadium, beef up early childhood education programs and divorce the state from the federal No Child Left Behind education law will be back. But their prospects for success are doubtful. (© 2009 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved....
Jan. 06 3:02 am
Bush's long-time aides predict history will judge him favorably
...the Education Department her singular opportunity to shape such policies as the accountability standards included in the No Child Left Behind Act, passed in 2001. She calls the law "the most significant thing to happen in the history of this department," though...
Jan. 06 2:35 am
A Few Good Links
...Blog, gets full guest blog honors over at Swift and Changeable and brings to light an obscure, but potentially powerful piece of NCLB on school improvement plans. Finally, a Des Moines Register analysis reinforces for what, alas, seems to be the 17,659th time: the...
Jan. 05 7:52 pm
Full Story at The Core Knowledge Blog