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No Child Left Behind

Do the Right Thing: NCLB and High Standards

Eric Tipler | Posted 11.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Education, Department of Education, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Standards, Schools, Nclb, Politics News
Eric Tipler

No Child Left Behind is fading from policy discussions, but it continues to shape daily life in schools in a very negative way. Capitol Hill should not forget about the law. Teachers certainly haven't.

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Cutting-Edge Comics Shake Up Washington with Truths You Won't See on Cable Chat Shows

Art Levine | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Bentzen Ball, Sarah Silverman, Reggie Watts, Stand-Up, Obama, Teaching, They Call Me Mr. Fry, Comedy, Comedy News
Art Levine

With the capital being torn apart by partisan fighting over everything from health care reform to Afghanistan, the last two weeks in D.C have seen a bonanza of comic talent descend on a laugh-starved city.

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Teachers Unions Give 'Race To The Top' Failing Grade

The Huffington Post | Jenna Staul | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arne Duncan, Lobbyblog, National Education Association, No Child Left Behind, Politics News

Politico reports that teachers' unions are growing increasingly uneasy with the Obama administration's $5 billion education spending plan. Many educa...

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Our Ambivalence With the Arts Makes Bad Education and Economic Policy

Dylan Kendall | Posted 10.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Poverty, Economy, Arts Education, Creative Technologies, No Child Left Behind, Army, Hollywood, Usc, Living News
Dylan Kendall

No Child Left Behind, which bases educational success on reading and math testing, leaves little time for arts education, first in California and now in the nation at large.

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The Huge Economic Impact of the Achievement Gap

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, Economy, Mckinsey, Acheivement Gap, American Education, No Child Left Behind, Educational Disparities, Politics News
Marian Wright Edelman

Our failure to educate all our children to the highest levels means students in America overall are being left behind in a world where global competition is increasingly tough.

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Grading the Big Tests: A Study in Madness... and a Really Good New Book

Dan Brown | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media

Read More: Public Schools, Todd Farley, Diana Senechal, No Child Left Behind, Diane Ravitch, Teachers Unions, Making the Grades, gothamschools.org, New York Times, Standardized Testing, Teachers, Education Reform, Nclb, Publc Schools, Media News
Dan Brown

In the No Child Left Behind era, every pillar of our education system rests on the presupposition that standardized tests are accurate indicators. Todd Farley helps to bring into starker focus that this is a flawed ideology.

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D.C. Mayor and City Council Blame Each Other for Shock Teacher Layoffs

Dan Brown | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Council, Dcps, Vincent Gray, Eduction Reform, American Federation of Teachers, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, DC City Council, Washington Post, Teachers Union, Adrian Fenty, Teachers, Politics News
Dan Brown

D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty and Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee announced that a reduction in force of public school teachers had become unavoidable, and schools are in full-on panic mode.

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Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee

Dan Brown | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, Dc Rif, Dcps, No Child Left Behind, Teachers Unions, Adrian Fenty, Teach for America, New York City Public Schools, Dc Reduction in Force, Education, Dc Schools, George PArker, Joel Klein, School Accountability, Standardized Testing, Education Reform, Nclb, High Stakes Testing, Wtu, Politics News
Dan Brown

Rhee's mislaid battle of gutting the union and purging veteran teachers will leave an experience and institutional knowledge vacuum that no quantity of super-caffeinated 22-year-old Yalies can remake.

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Real Reform for Colorado's Schools

Evie Hudak | Posted 09.17.2009 | Denver

Read More: Bill Ritter, Colorado Education Reform, Colorado Senate, Charter Schools, No Child Left Behind, Schools, Education Reform, Colorado General Assembly, Bill Owens, Colorado, Denver News
Evie Hudak

Labeling schools doesn't help kids, and it doesn't make schools better. Judging schools on one year's test scores alone is not a valid reflection of how they are doing.

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Fixing No Child Left Behind: What Our Schools Really Need

Susan Kane | Posted 09.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Mom Congress, Obama No Child Left Behind, President Obama, Children, School Reform, Education, Parenting Magazine, Parenting, Standardized Testing, Schools, Parenting School Years, Obama School Reform, Parenting.com, Petition to Congress, Politics News, Bush Administration, Class Size, Nclb, Barack Obama Education Policy, Obama School Speech, Education Reform, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Politics News
Susan Kane

As millions of kids headed back to school this month, many parents, teachers, and administrators had a lot to think about. Things like, will there actually be enough seats in the ballooning classes?

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What Will Duncan Do?

Eric Tipler | Posted 09.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Arne Duncan, Education, Nclb, Rtt, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Education Reform, Living News
Eric Tipler

Arne Duncan's plan comes down to getting more and better data about student performance, and tying it back to individual teachers and schools. As someone who taught under No Child Left Behind, this is scary.

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Education in Chicago: Thank God We're Not Texans!

Bill Sweetland | Posted 10.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: High-School Academic Graducation Credits, High School Sports, Football, Texas, Texas State Legislature, Texas State Board of Education, Texas High School Football, Sports, No Child Left Behind, Texas High School Athletes, Chicago News
Bill Sweetland

However silly, misguided, and stupid our opinions and actions regarding our schools may be, at least we ain't as bad as them Texans.

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So We Can't Have Single Payer for Health Care, But How About Single Payer for Education?

Arianna Huffington | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: School Resegregation, Public Schools, Prison Industry, Education, Prison Industrial Complex, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, School Reform, Prisons, Education Reform, Nclb, Reading, School Segregation, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

To produce education reform that is reform in more than name only, we need to look past our own political backyards at what might lie on the other side of the mountain. What I see on that other side is a single-payer education system. It's simple, sensible and, above all, just.  READ MORE

Has Obama's Handling of the Bank Bailout Undermined Health Care Reform?   One of the consequences of the one-sided bailout of Wall Street is the way it has undermined public trust in government.  Much of the health care anger is a proxy for bailout anger.  If we don't learn from the botched bailout, we are in danger of getting the same reform-in-name-only outcome on health care. READ MORE

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Clueless: The Dept. of Education Fails Again

Dennis Danziger | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Governor Schwarzenegger, Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Standardized Test Scores, Teacher Evaluations, Department of Education, California, President Obama, California-Education, Barack Obama Education Policy, Teaching-Methods, Politics News
Dennis Danziger

I'm a public high school teacher, and when I voted for Barack Obama I thought I was voting for change. Turns out, as far as education goes, I voted for Bush Lite.

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The Great American Melting Pot (?)

Daniel Cubias | Posted 08.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, Latinos, Schoolhouse Rock, Post-Racial Politics, Martin Luther King, American Dream, Ethnicity, No Child Left Behind, Racial Harmony, Racism, Immigration, Hispanics, Melting Pot, Great American Melting Pot, Politics News
Daniel Cubias

You will not catch me dissing Schoolhouse Rock. Like all good Gen Xers, I grew up with the infectious tones of the Saturday morning series permeating...

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American Schools Need Common Standards

Jim Rex | Posted 07.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Test Scores, Teacher Education, No Child Left Behind, South Carolina, Education Reform, Public Education, Teaching, Global Markets, North Carolina, Politics News
Jim Rex

The No Child Left Behind Act allows each state to define for itself what "academically proficient" means, thus dramatic differences appear from one state to the next.

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Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education

Diane Ravitch | Posted 07.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Obama, Education, Schools, No Child Left Behind, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Bush, Education Policy, Politics News
Diane Ravitch

Let me say it again: It is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. If judged solely by test scores, the only coin that the NCLB crowd understands, the law has been a dud.

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Jonathan Alter Joins the Teacher-Scapegoating Chorus: I'm Calling BS

Dan Brown | Posted 07.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Michelle Rhee, Class Size, Time, President Obama, Time Magazine, Randi Weingarten, No Child Left Behind, Teach for America, Teacher Unions, Teacher, Barack Obama, Freedom Writers, Newsweek, Jonathan Alter, Dangerous Minds, Education Reform, Wendy Kopp, Washington University, Media News
Dan Brown

Obsessive focus on cleaning house and demanding expecting superhuman performance misses a larger point.

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Shalita O'Neale Pays it Forward

Timothy Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | Eyes & Ears

Read More: Leadership, Shalita O'Neale, Leaders, Run DMC, Child Abuse, Child Watch, Children, Adopt, No Child Left Behind, Rock, Thought Leaders, Foster Care, Children's Health, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Adoption, Eyes & Ears News
Timothy Cooper

Youth should be sitting around the table with the policy and decision-makers, as no one knows the foster care system better than the youth who've lived in it.

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A Tale of Two Contracts

Rachel Natelson | Posted 06.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: New York City Department of Education, College Student Credit Cards, Predatory Lending, Military, Credit CARD Act, No Child Left Behind, Military Enlistment, Military Recruiting, Credit Cards, No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, Politics News
Rachel Natelson

While "tangible inducements" to minors may now be a forbidden tactic in credit card marketing, military recruiters continue to ply students with key chains, hats, and t-shirts in pursuit of their goals.

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Looking to Entrepreneurship Education During the Economic Crisis

Steve Mariotti | Posted 06.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Education, US Education, No Child Left Behind, High School, Entrepreneurship, Public Education, Entrepreneur, NFTE, Business News
Steve Mariotti

Many high schools have job placement programs to help their students, but rarely do we see the possibility of entrepreneurship presented as an option.

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The Single Best, Most Indispensable Essay on Reforming Education

Dan Brown | Posted 06.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uft, Teacher Quality, Michelle Rhee, Public Schools, Education, Education Week, Public Education Reform, Ronald Wolk, DC Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Education Reform, Nea, Dropout Epidemic, Teacher Unions, Dan Brown, Politics News
Dan Brown

We need to understand what pushes these young people out the door, and we need to provide more substantive intervention to more students sooner.

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At Sea Without a Compass: Chart a New Course for Education Reform

Karen Symms Gallagher | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Education, Public Schools, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Education, Obama Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama Education Policy, Politics News
Karen Symms Gallagher

The federal government needs to call a public advisory committee, comprised of representatives from every stakeholder group that cares about what is happening in public schools.

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Re-Educating America Will Be No Picnic

Madeleine M. Kunin | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Politics News
Madeleine M. Kunin

Obama recognizes that if the United States is to pull out of this recession for the long term, we must invest in education.

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NYC's Joel Klein Putting Children First

Lanny Davis | Posted 04.16.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, New York City Public Schools, Teacher Union, Education, No Child Left Behind, Joel Klein, Nyc-Education, NYC Education, Politics News
Lanny Davis

Joel Klein has relied on three principles: developing public school leadership, incentives for teacher quality, and accountability. His approach has produced some demonstrable progress.

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