No Child Left Behind

Illuminating Public Schools' Possibilities: "Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way"

Dan Brown | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living


Dan Brown

What happens when a teacher decides to disregard the canned standards and the stacks of test prep materials? Do the students wallow in ignorance, cheated out of a proper education by an "activist" teacher?

HBO Raises the Bar Again With Hard Times at Douglass High: A No Child Left Behind Report Card

Dan Brown | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment


Dan Brown

Filmmakers Alan and Susan Raymond are too smart to offer up any magic bullets. Their fascinating documentary puts viewers inside Baltimore's Frederick Douglass High School for a full school year.

Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Dan Brown

Last week in Colorado, Barack Obama gave a truly incisive speech on improving education in America.

HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson's Resignation -- A Window Into Bush Administration's Corruption, Indifference, and Incompetence

Peter Dreier | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home


Peter Dreier

The involuntary resignation of HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson this week provides an opportunity to underscore and distinguish the three major failings of the Bush administration.

Pennsylvania Campaign Journal: Obama Hams It Up, Flirts, And Gets A Bit Cocky

Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home


Mayhill Fowler

Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.

Bill Clinton: Fix Bush Education Law

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


TEMPE, Ariz. — Former President Clinton said that if his wife is elected president she would radically change the "No Child Left Behind Act," wh...

Progressive Leader Feingold Split Over Clinton, Obama

Post Crescent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics


Sen. Russ Feingold has a plan. Getting ready to head back to Washington as Congress is about to resume, the Democratic senator from Wisconsin has comp...

FCC Proceeds With "No Child Left Behind" Fines

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


The Federal Communications Commission issued its first fines for a station airing Armstrong Williams' Department of Education-paid-for plugs for its "...

Bush Defends No Child Left Behind: "Childrens Do Learn"

Washington Post | Peter Baker | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


"The No Child Left Behind Act is working," Bush said with first lady Laura Bush, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, New York Mayor Michael R. Blo...