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<p>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.</p> <p>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:<br> * How NCLB punishes rather than helps poor and minority kids a

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Author

DEBORAH MEIER AND GEORGE WOOD

Publisher

Beacon Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807097175

Category

education

Subjects

Fiction, Education

Rating

3.92 / 5 (134 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14