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No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind: Everything Parents and the Public Want to Know About the Federal. Government’s Largest Public Education Law
Public Education Network has had an ongoing interest in the role of the federal government in ensuring that issues of equity, opportunity and educational quality have been at the top of the national agenda. These issues were originally reflect in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which was first passed in 1965. The most current version of that law is known as No Child Left Behind (NCLB), which was signed into law in January 2002. Because the law is so complex and difficult to understand, Public Education Network has developed one of the most comprehensive websites to explain NCLB to parents and the public at large. Included in this section are publications about the law, including tips and strategies for parents and the community in implementing the law, current information on the re-authorization (renewal) of the law, and a review of the positions taken by various education and civil rights organizations. More complete information on NCLB is contained on the PEN No Child Left Behind site, located at: http://www.publiceducation.org/nclb_main/index.asp
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 Report
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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Using NCLB to Improve Student Acheivement
An Action Guide for Community and Parent Leaders |
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