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PEN Public Hearings
Final PEN NCLB Report
For three years, Public Education Network (PEN) has listened to parents, students, business and community leaders testify about what the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act means to their lives and aspirations. Their message is consistent, from Boston to San Francisco:
It is right to hold public education accountable for adequately educating every child to his/her full potential. It is wrong to believe NCLB can achieve its goals unless far deeper and systemic changes are made in resources, capacities and will.
Read the report (PDF, 535 KB)
Reports from the 2005 Public Hearings
Below are reports on the testimony of student panels at each of the nine hearing held in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas). Please select the report you'd like to read.
Please note: Download size for the 4-page PDF state files are approxitely 110 kb. Download size for the 2-page PDF state files are approxitely 100 kb. HTML links are versions of the 4-page PDF files.
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National Reports
Open to the Public:
How Communities, Parents and Students Assess the
Impact of the No Child Left Behind Act
2004 - 2007
The Realities Left Behind |
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Open to the Public:
Students Speak Out On No Child Left Behind
A Report from 2004 Public Hearings |
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