ESEA/NCLB in the News

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), known popularly as The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, draws considerable media attention around the country. As the process of reauthorization heats up, issues of funding, school takeovers, the effectiveness of student performance measures, turn around schools, common core standards, federal stimulus programs such as Race to the Top, community engagement, parental involvement and the reform agenda draw a lot of public attention. Recognizing that the media play a major role in shaping and reflecting public opinion, Public Education Network provides ESEA/NCLB in the News, a website venue dedicated to highlighting recent news events related to the ESEA/NCLB, with links to articles of the day and week. Special attention is paid to those articles from outside the major media markets, with a focus on representing a broad cross section of the nation’s communities.

This venue is designed as a public service that accumulates articles that "scan" ESEA/NCLB issues facing school districts in one place. The collection will be updated periodically. Please note that this section does NOT include reports, analyses, and trade journal articles, but concentrates on the newspaper dailies to give the viewer a pattern of NCLB major concerns of local communities. Where possible, we have copied the article in its entirety. However, this collection cannot provide every news article that may have appeared about NCLB during a particular period.
 

News Articles To read the entire article, click on the article title.
Date	Publication	Article Title
July 12, 2010	Advocate Capitol News Bureau	Aided group's scores lacking
July 8, 2010	Omaha World - Herald (Nebraska)	Some leery of common education standards
July 8, 2010	Education Week	Conservative Candidates Take Aim at Federal K-12 Role
July 7, 2010	The Baltimore Sun	Student resources once on the chopping block to be fully funded, school officials say
July 6, 2010	The Rapid City Journal (Rapid City, SD)	New Underwood High School faces major changes
July 1, 2010	The Daily Times (Farmington, New Mexico)	New law hopes to close achievement gap for Hispanic students
July 1, 2010	The Post-Bulletin (Austin, MN)	State tests find Austin schools need to work on reading
June 30, 2010	Arkansas News Bureau	Report lauds Arkansas' pre-K program, faults college completion rate
June 30, 2010	The Anchorage Daily News (Alaska)	Troubled rural school district to get attention from state
June 25, 2010	The Virginian - Pilot	Ten local high schools fail new Va. graduation standards
June 25, 2010	The Idaho Statesman	Idaho joins other states seeking grant to refine student assessments
June 24, 2010	The Virginian-Pilot	Virginia weighs changes to progress measures
June 24, 2010	The Times (Oregon)	Beaverton has third highest count of homeless youth in Oregon
June 23, 2010	The New Democrat	Ohio looks to Round 2 of Race to the Top
June 21, 2010	The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (Alaska)	Parnell signs off on Alaska rural school grant program
June 21, 2010	Georgetown University News	It's Just Lunch: Kids' Program Increases Education
June 21, 2010	The Gov Monitor	Wisconsin Invests $51 Million For Education, Struggling Schools
June 20, 2010	The Boston Globe	Urban schools are focus of BC gift
June 20, 2010	Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel	Report reveals GED recipients fare little better than dropouts
June 20, 2010	The Houston Chronicle	Poverty, dropout rates bode grim future for state
June 18, 2010	WHBL 1330 News Radio (Sheboygan)	Native American Educators Unhappy with No Child Left Behind
June 18, 2010	St. Paul Pioneer Press	Gubernatorial hopeful Matt Entenza wants the state to opt out of the federal No Child Left Behind law
June 17, 2010	Associated Press	Officials say Indian students need flexibility
June 16, 2010	The Seattle Post Intelligencer	90 pct. of seniors passed Wash. graduation exams
June 16, 2010	Honolulu Star Advertiser	Law mandates 180 days of instruction in schools
June 16, 2010	Education Week	Education Initiatives Hit Political Head Winds
June 15, 2010	The Washington Post	6 D.C. schools to be overhauled after failing to meet 'No Child' goals
June 11, 2010	The Providence Journal (Rhode Island)	R.I. Assembly approves new school aid formula
June 9, 2010	Tulsa World (Oklahoma)	Educators must meet new rating
June 9, 2010	The Salt Lake Tribune	High school dropouts cost Utah millions
June 9, 2010	The Des Moines Register (Iowa)	Plan to grade teachers would take 2 to 4 years
June 9, 2010	The Sun-Star Courier (Ohio)	Strongsville Schools planning $60 general education fee for students
June 8, 2010	The Boston Globe	High court won't take up No Child Left Behind case
June 8, 2010	St. Petersburg Times (Florida)	Florida says it's likely to exact penalties for late FCAT scores
June 7, 2010	The Houston Chronicle	Qualms arise over TAKS standards
June 7, 2010	The Salt Lake Tribune	Federal money for volunteer programs headed here
June 7, 2010	Pittsburgh Tribune-Review	Pennsylvania to test high school graduation in as little as 2 years
June 7, 2010	The Rome - News Times (Georgia)	State studying national education standards
June 5, 2010	The New York Times	Educators Are Opposed to Obama's School Plan
June 4, 2010	Raleigh News and Observer (North Carolina)	State Board of Education embraces U.S. standards
June 4, 2010	The PEW Center on the States (Stateline.org)	As scholarship programs strain, will students begin to lose HOPE?
June 4, 2010	The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)	Math, reading standards could become more rigorous in Utah schools
June 3, 2010	The New York Times	Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program
June 3, 2010	The Detroit Free Press	Mackinac Policy Conference
June 3, 2010	WAFF 48 News (WAFF.com)	Alabama a 'Strong Leader' in Raising Quality of School Leaders
June 3, 2010	The Washington Post	D.C. teachers' union ratifies contract, basing pay on results, not seniority
June 3, 2010	Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)	Wisconsin schools commit to Common Core State Standards
June 3, 2010	The Detroit Free Press	Bobb: DPS can only support 26,000 students
June 3, 2010	The Stanford Daily	School in Review
June 2, 2010	The Atlanta Journal-Constitution	National academic standards unveiled with Georgia Support
June 1, 2010	The Houston Chronicle	Perry says state will not apply for education grants
June 1, 2010	Las Vegas Sun	No Child' law not a hit with U.S. Senate hopefuls
June 1, 2010	The Salt Lake Tribune (Utah)	Dem rivals view school funding as top issue
June 1, 2010	Los Angeles Times - Editorial	A failing grade for public school funding
June 1, 2010	San Jose Mercury News (California)	Budget pressure heightens South Bay charter-school district disputes
May 31, 2010	New York Times	A Private School's Ads Imply Public School Slippage
May 31, 2010	New York Times	States Create Flood of Education Bills
May 30, 2010	Green Bay Press Gazette (Green Bay, WI)	Students with disabilities at risk of being left behind
May 30, 2010	Los Angeles Times	No magic bullet for education
May 27, 2010	The Florida Times Union	Third grade reading FCAT scores up in Nassau, Duval, steady in Clay
May 26, 2010	The Chicago Tribune	Illinois school reform efforts get more backing from districts, unions support needed to win $400 million in federal funds
May 23, 2010	Huntsville Times	Times garners 20 awards in state press contests
May 20, 2010	The Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)	Ed Dept: $437 million in grants to schools where teachers will be rewarded for student success
May 11, 2010	The Buffalo New (Buffalo, NY)	Teacher ratings to add test scores
May 9, 2010	The Atlanta Journal Constitution	Obama: Education a responsibility of all Americans
April 19, 2010	The Daily Caller	Education reform sunset in the Sunshine State?
April 16, 2010	By Alabama Education Association	Proposed new federal funding methods could hurt Alabama
April 6, 2010	The Orange County Register	Sanchez discusses education during Chapman summit
March 31, 2010	The Birmingham News	Alabama studying how to slow dropout rate
March 27, 2010	Desert News (Salt Lake City, UT)	Voluntary reading
March 27, 2010	The New York Daily News	New York politicians who fight against school choice had plenty of it themselves
March 24, 2010	The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC)	South Carolina students read below the national average, not at the bottom
March 19, 2010	Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City, UT)	Utahns urged to opt out of No Child Left Behind
March 15, 2010	The Miami Herald	South Florida school officials like Obama's education plan
March 14, 2010	The Birmingham News	National standards, local control boost schools
March 6, 2010	The Press - Register (Mobile, AL)	10 Mobile County schools listed among state's worst
March 2, 2010	NPR	Former 'No Child Left Behind' Advocate Turns Critic
March 1, 2010	The Dayton Daily News	Is No Child Left Behind working?
February 4, 2010	The Denver Post	Colo. officials: Educational system jibes with Obama's plans
February 2, 2010	The Boston Globe	Obama education overhaul well received
February 1, 2010	KCBS (San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose)	Looking at "No Child Left Behind" Law Reform
January 19, 2010	The Boston Globe	Patrick trumpets education legislation
January 14, 2007	The Chattanooga Times Free Press (Chattanooga, TN)	Lawmakers ready to tweak No Child Left Behind Act
January 12, 2010	US News & World Report	AFT's Weingarten: No Child Left Behind Was Doomed By Its Flaws
January 7, 2010	The Orange County Register	Governor signs Obama education reform bills