Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Is

Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools

Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan coalition, it purports to improve public schools by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing. Many people supported it originally, despite doubts, because of its promise especially to improve the way schools serve poor children. By making federal funding contingent on accepting a system of tests and sanctions, it is radically affecting the life of schools around the country.

But, argue the authors of this citizen's guide to the most important political issue in education, far from improving public schools and increasing the ability of the system to serve poor and minority children, the law is doing exactly the opposite. Here some of our most prominent, respected voices in education-including school innovator Deborah Meier, education activist Alfie Kohn, and founder of the Coalition of Essential Schools Theodore R. Sizer-come together to show us how, point by point, NCLB undermines the things it claims to improve:
* How NCLB punishes rather than helps poor and minority kids and their schools
* How NCLB helps further an agenda of privatization and an attack on public schools
* How the focus on testing and test preparation dumbs down classrooms
* And they put forward a richly articulated vision of alternatives.

Educators and parents around the country are feeling the harshly counterproductive effects of NCLB. This book is an essential guide to understanding what's wrong and where we should go from here.

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
Brand	Brand: Beacon Press
EAN	9780807004593
Edition	1
Feature	Great product!
ISBN	0807004596
Label	Beacon Press
Manufacturer	Beacon Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	152
PublicationDate	2004-09-29
Publisher	Beacon Press
ReleaseDate	2004-09-29
Studio	Beacon Press

Many Children Left Behind: How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools

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