NCLB Updates
Listed below are some selected articles that provide information on some of the steps taken by Congress and others during the 2007 Congressional session with regard to the reauthorization of NCLB.
You may also wish to visit the Ed Week blog by reporter David J. Hoff at http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/NCLB-ActII/. Mr. Hoff's blog provides frequent updated news about the No Child Left Behind reauthorization. As the website states, Mr. Hoff has reported on "the biggest issues in K-12 education for more than 10 years" and now focuses primarily on the reauthorization of NCLB.
Some articles of interest:
From Education Week
NCLB Revisited: Renewing the Law
Thursday, December 20, 2007
"Schools Urged to Push Beyond Math, Reading To Broader Curriculum"
November 27, 2007
"U.S. Testing Poised to be Scaled Back: NAEP board readies cutbacks amid concerns about funding," by Kathleen Kennedy Manzo
December 23, 2007
"Democrats Make Bush School Act an Election Issue," by Sam Dillon, New York Times
December 16, 2007
"Calls Grow for a Broader Yardstick for Schools," by Maria Glod, Washington Post
Sunday, September 9, 2007
"No Child Left Behind Act faces overhaul, political donnybrook" from the San Francisco Chronicle
Monday, August 6, 2007
"Will new NCLB reflect 21st-century skills?" House education committee chairman hopes so, as he outlines his vision for renewing the nation's education law (from eschoolnews.com)
Monday, July 30, 2007
Chairman Miller Remarks on the Future of the No Child Left Behind Education Law