Has No Child Left Behind Improved Public Education?

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 The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) forces all schools to provide top-quality education to students who are often underserved in the public education system, including children with disabilities, from low-income families and non-English speakers, as well as for all ethnicities.

For the first time in U.S. history, educational progress is tracked separately and required to be shown for each ethnic group in each school, rather than one average for an entire school.

Previously, in an attempt to evidence progress, schools could (and would) focus on increasing test scores or related data for a small, bright group of students in order to bring up the average... rather than ensuring that all students are given an equal opportunity at a world-class education.

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"Every Child Deserves a Chance" Deborah White

• Equal Opportunity for Underserved Students
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• Qualified Teachers for All Students, Not Just the Affluent
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• Focus on the Basics, No Pressure on Peripherals
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"One Size Doesn't Fit All" National Education Association

• NCLB Remains Fundamentally Flawed and Severely Underfunded
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• NCLB has Failed Its Fundamental Purpose
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• Federal Gov't Should Support - Not Manage - Communities
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• A Vote for Educational Change
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"NCLB Degrades Education" BAMN

• NCLB Degrades Education, Intensifes Racial Inequalities
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• NCLB Diverts Funds from Public Education to the Test Prep Industry
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• NCLB Reduces Education to Rote Test Prep for Minority Students
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• NCLB Does Nothing to Close the Achievement Gap
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• We Need Real Solution to the Crisis of Public Education - NOT NCLB
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"NCLB is Good in "Principle" " California Federation of Teachers

• NCLB Fails to Live Up To Its Principles
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• NCLB Has Been Ineffective in Achieving Its Intended Goals
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• NCLB Assumes That More Accountability Will Solve Societal Problems
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• Attention and Resources Should Focus on Improving the Whole School
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