Introduction
Dulce Oliva works with blocks during a math lesson at Birdwell Elementary School in Tyler, Texas. The No Child Left Behind Act increases funding for schools serving poor students and mandates “highly qualified teachers” in every classroom. (Getty Images/Mario Villafuerte)
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More than three years have passed since President Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act. The controversial legislation mandates “highly qualified” teachers in every classroom and holds schools that accept federal funds accountable for raising the achievement of all students, particularly those with disabilities, those from low-income families and racial and ethnic minorities and those with limited English proficiency. Supporters call the law an evolutionary change in education policy while critics call it a revolutionary federal incursion into states' historic domain that makes too many unfunded demands. Eight school districts and the nation's largest teachers' union have sued the Department of Education over the law's funding provisions, and legislators in several states have introduced bills seeking exemptions from the law. Supporters, meanwhile, worry that No Child Left Behind is not being enforced stringently enough and is in danger of being diluted.
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Jan. 27, 2023 |
Deaths of Despair |
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Sep. 23, 2022 |
Public Schools' Challenges |
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Aug. 12, 2022 |
Parents' Rights |
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Apr. 01, 2022 |
Online Learning |
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Jan. 21, 2022 |
Teaching About Racism |
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Oct. 01, 2021 |
COVID-19 and Children |
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Jun. 11, 2021 |
Special Education |
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Jun. 21, 2019 |
Title IX and Campus Sexual Assault |
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May 17, 2019 |
School Safety |
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Feb. 02, 2018 |
Bullying and Cyberbullying |
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Feb. 03, 2017 |
Civic Education |
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Sep. 05, 2014 |
Race and Education |
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Jun. 13, 2014 |
Dropout Rate |
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May 09, 2014 |
School Discipline |
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Mar. 07, 2014 |
Home Schooling |
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Dec. 02, 2011 |
Digital Education |
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Nov. 15, 2011 |
Expanding Higher Education |
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Dec. 10, 2010 |
Preventing Bullying  |
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Apr. 16, 2010 |
Revising No Child Left Behind |
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Mar. 26, 2010 |
Teen Pregnancy |
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Sep. 04, 2009 |
Financial Literacy |
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Jun. 05, 2009 |
Student Rights |
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Feb. 22, 2008 |
Reading Crisis? |
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Jul. 13, 2007 |
Students Under Stress |
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Apr. 27, 2007 |
Fixing Urban Schools  |
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Nov. 10, 2006 |
Video Games  |
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Mar. 03, 2006 |
AP and IB Programs |
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Oct. 07, 2005 |
Academic Freedom |
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Aug. 26, 2005 |
Evaluating Head Start |
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May 27, 2005 |
No Child Left Behind |
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Jan. 17, 2003 |
Home Schooling Debate |
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Sep. 06, 2002 |
Teaching Math and Science |
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Jun. 07, 2002 |
Grade Inflation |
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Dec. 07, 2001 |
Distance Learning |
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Apr. 20, 2001 |
Testing in Schools |
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May 14, 1999 |
National Education Standards |
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Apr. 10, 1998 |
Liberal Arts Education |
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Jul. 26, 1996 |
Attack on Public Schools |
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May 17, 1996 |
Year-Round Schools |
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Oct. 20, 1995 |
Networking the Classroom |
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Sep. 22, 1995 |
High School Sports |
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Jan. 20, 1995 |
Parents and Schools |
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Sep. 09, 1994 |
Home Schooling |
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Mar. 25, 1994 |
Private Management of Public Schools |
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Mar. 11, 1994 |
Education Standards |
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Apr. 09, 1993 |
Head Start |
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Nov. 30, 1990 |
Conflict Over Multicultural Education |
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Feb. 05, 1988 |
Preschool: Too Much Too Soon? |
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Oct. 23, 1987 |
Education Reform |
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Aug. 24, 1984 |
Status of the Schools |
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Sep. 10, 1982 |
Schoolbook Controversies |
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Sep. 03, 1982 |
Post-Sputnik Education |
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Aug. 18, 1978 |
Competency Tests |
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Jan. 26, 1972 |
Public School Financing |
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Nov. 03, 1971 |
Education for Jobs |
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Apr. 15, 1970 |
Reform of Public Schools |
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Aug. 27, 1969 |
Discipline in Public Schools |
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Dec. 27, 1968 |
Community Control of Public Schools |
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Jun. 14, 1965 |
Summer School Innovations |
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Oct. 28, 1964 |
Education of Slum Children |
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Jun. 05, 1963 |
Year-Round School |
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Mar. 28, 1962 |
Mentally Retarded Children |
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Dec. 17, 1958 |
Educational Testing |
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Sep. 25, 1957 |
Liberal Education |
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Jul. 11, 1956 |
Educational Exchange |
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Feb. 02, 1955 |
Federal Aid for School Construction |
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Mar. 07, 1951 |
Education in an Extended Emergency |
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Nov. 20, 1945 |
Postwar Public Education |
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Nov. 07, 1941 |
Standards of Education |
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