No Child Left Behind

Action: House to Vote on No Child Left Inside Act Next Week

Josh Nelson | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Green News, Environmental Education, Congress, Environmentalism, No Child Left Inside, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Josh Nelson

That's right, we're expecting a vote as early as Tuesday September 9th. This is a huge leap forward for the environmental education movement. Not f...

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Virtual Learning Hits Campaign Trail

Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Education, John McCain, Education, Education Reform, No Child Left Behind, John McCain Education Solutions, Politics News
Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn

With McCain's ideas on education, we finally have something new that can move us beyond the tired debates around No Child Left Behind. McCain supports virtual learning -- to the tune of $1 billion a year.

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McCain Takes Advantage Of Dems' Divide On Education

Alexander Russo | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Al Sharpton, Klein, Education, Obama, Mccain, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, John McCain, Obama Mccain Education, Politics News
Alexander Russo

For years now, there has been a deep internal tension between two education groups. To put pressure on the candidates, both factions decided to roll out dueling manifestos during the same week in June.

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McCain and Obama's Education Policies: Nine Things You need to Know

Martin Carnoy | Posted 08.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Education, No Child Left Behind, Barack Obama, Politics News
Martin Carnoy

While education policy may not be the key deciding point for most voters, at least you'll know what the candidates propose on this important issue.

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

Dan Brown | Posted 07.29.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Aft, Education, Urban Education, Nclb, High-Stakes Testing, Spectacular Things Happen Along the Way, Teachers, Education Reform, Nea, Brian Schultz, Project Citizen, Living News
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?

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First Lady Follies

Gerald Bracey | Posted 07.24.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, High-Stakes Testing, School Report Cards, Education, Kaura Bush, George W. Bush, Home News
Gerald Bracey

First Lady Follies Laura Bush says that, come what may, No Child Left Behind will be a part of her husband's legacy. Absolutely. Some of us think i...

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Public Schools Get a Boost Today: AFT Elects President Randi Weingarten

Dan Brown | Posted 07.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Class Size, Edward McElroy, American Federation of Teachers, New Teachers, Public Education Reform, Randi Weingarten, United Federation of Teachers, Nclb, Standardized Testing, Aft, Uft, Teachers, Public Education, High Stakes Testing, Living News
Dan Brown

Today in Chicago, Randi Weingarten was elected president of the American Federation of Teachers, a union with a membership of over 1.4 million. Our c...

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A Roundtable Discussion about Education

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Education, Teachers, School, Teacher, No Child Left Behind, National Teacher of the Year, Charlie Rose, Politics News
Charlie Rose

The American public school system has long been under scrutiny and in crisis. However, there is growing sentiment that large scale reform could be po...

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My Conversation with Wendy Kopp

Charlie Rose | Posted 07.03.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Tfa, Education, Charlie Rose, Wendy Kopp, Teachers, Teaching, School, Teach, Entertainment News
Charlie Rose

One of the key challenges that America faces is how to improve our educational system. I have recently begun a series of conversations, underwritten ...

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Education Voters

Ben Terris | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Young Voters, Education, Travel, Youth Vote, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, North Carolina, Divide, Home News
Ben Terris

Talking politics with young people across the country has meant talking about education. "What works," says one, "is retaining teachers and recruiting volunteers, people to push the kids hard at school."

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The Vagaries of Vouchers

Gerald Bracey | Posted 06.24.2008 | Media

Read More: No Child Left Behind, School Reform, Washington Post, Vouchers, Washington, Media News
Gerald Bracey

What is with the Washington Post? one week says that the Washington, D. C. voucher program doesn't work -- the next it runs an editorial begging Congress not to kill the program.

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"Prep for Prep"--A Brilliant Education Idea Realized

Dan Brown | Posted 06.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Public Schools, Waldorf-Astoria, Urban Schools, Collegiate School, No Child Left Behind, Lilac Ball, Achievement Gap, Exeter, Choate, New York University, Brearley, Education Reform, Independent Schools, Phillips Academy, Prep for Prep, Business News
Dan Brown

Have you heard of Prep for Prep? It's a brilliant idea realized. Here's how it works: Every year for the past thirty years, approximately 150 low-inc...

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

Dan Brown | Posted 06.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Public Schools, Susan Raymond, No Child Left Behind, Hbo, School Reform, Standardized Testing, Alan Raymond, Hard Times at Douglass High, Nclb, Entertainment News
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.

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Education Reform: Ideas for the Way Forward

Pedro Noguera | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Time, Reform, Education, Susan Neuman, Bush, Politics News
Pedro Noguera

Here is an interesting story from TIME.com that I highly recommend. I'll have more to say about "A Broader, Bolder Approach to Education" tomorrow. h...

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Sandra Day O'Connor Rules Video Games

Alison Stein Wellner | Posted 06.05.2008 | Living

Read More: Video Games, Sandra Day O'Connor, No Child Left Behind, Living News
Alison Stein Wellner

The nearly octogenarian former Supreme is now in the digital game development business. She's involved in creating a free online game called "Our Courts" in which kids argue real legal issues applying real laws.

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Obama's Education Speech Fired Me Up

Dan Brown | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, No Child Left Behind, Mentors, Education, Student Achievement, Teacher Residency Programs, Nclb, Mapleton Expeditionary School of the Arts, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Barack Obama, Denver Post, Politics News
Dan Brown

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

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Obama's Call to Arms on Education Reform

Susan Kaiser Greenland | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: McCain Education, No Child Left Behind, Obama Education, Politics News
Susan Kaiser Greenland

In contrast to McCain's continued embrace of No Child Left Behind, and the nightmarish wave of fear and teaching to the test that has come in its wake, Obama has offered a nuanced approach.

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Beyond "The Big Test": A Brilliant Idea to Improve Schools

Dan Brown | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Fairtest, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, Testing, Essential Schools, Boston Globe, Assessment, Coalition for Essential Schools, Ces, Standardized Testing, High-Stakes Testing, Teachers, National Exhibition Month, Ted Sizer, Living News
Dan Brown

If a brilliant idea slapped us in the face for how to help public school students achieve more, would we recognize it? Today, schools' everyday funct...

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Apathy Doesn't Live in the Bronx

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 05.23.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Strike, Bronx, Unions, Activism, Protest, Students Protest No Child Left Behind, Standardized Testing, South Bronx Student Protest, Living News
Allison Kilkenny

Last Wednesday more than 160 students in the South Bronx refused to take another standardized test. They are sick of being dragged out of their classrooms to be treated as lab rats in the No Child Left Behind rotten matrix.

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Watch and Join a Heated Three-Minute Education Debate

Dan Brown | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Partnership for Learning, Public Schools, Wendy Kopp, Performance Pay, No Child Left Behind, High-Stakes Testing, Robert Pondiscio, Teacher Quality, Core Knowledge, Teach for America, Ascd, Student Achievement, Amy Wilkins, American Federation of Teachers, Education Policy, Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, Student Assessment, Standardized Testing, Ed in 08, Teaching in the 408, Teachers, Education Reform, Public Education, Politics News
Dan Brown

At last week's Ed in '08 Blogger Summit, I asked a question about alternatives to high-stakes testing to the education policy panel and received an an...

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Civil Disobedience: South Bronx 8th-Graders Refuse the TEST! (I'm Impressed.)

Dan Brown | Posted 05.21.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, New York City Public Schools, Public Schools, Student Achievement, Education Policy, High-Stakes Testing, School Accountability, Standardized Testing, Douglas Avella, South Bronx, I.S. 318, Living News
Dan Brown

High-stakes testing has spiraled out of control and students are wise to the scheme. The reason we haven't seen more uprisings is that kids have been intellectually and spiritually bludgeoned into submission.

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The Mounting Collateral Damage of No Child Left Behind

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Damage, Teacher Morale, Nclb, Education Policy, No Child Left Behind, Politics News
Gerald Bracey

Those who are trying to stoke the presidential candidates' interest in education as an election issue aren't having much luck. Not that the public would be paying attention anyway.

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I've Been Nominated for Education Blogger of the Year -- Thank You Huffington Post!

Dan Brown | Posted 05.13.2008 | Media

Read More: Ed in 08 Blogger Summit, No Child Left Behind, Public Schools, Education, Nclb, Ed in '08, Blogging, Media News
Dan Brown

It's been my great pleasure to help to stir the pot about issues affecting students, teachers, and families in America.

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Memo to Democrats: Talk More About Education

Dan Brown | Posted 05.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Democratic Primary, Education, Barack Obama, No Child Left Behind, George W. Bush, Arizona, Democrats, George Miller, High Stakes Testing, Nclb, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Politics News
Dan Brown

McCain's threadbare talking points on education offer prime ammunition for Democrats to help define his candidacy as Bush's third term.

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Is Reading First a Flop?

Gerald Bracey | Posted 05.07.2008 | Living

Read More: No Child Left Behind, Reading First, Department of Education, Education Reform, Living News
Gerald Bracey

On a measure of reading comprehension, Reading First students didn't do any better than students in similar schools without the program. How come?

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