No Child Left Behind.

 

                                                                         

Overview

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) was signed into law on January 8, 2002. The Center's Education Policy Studies Division is devoting considerable resources to helping Governors implement the historic new legislation. The Act requires states to:

 

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Fact vs. Fiction
 No Child Left Behind, the federal government doesn’t decide which schools are "failing" or underachieving; states make that decision. A story in the Baltimore Sun in late September was the latest in a long string of media reports that have gotten this detail completely wrong.
Under NCLB, underachieving schools are not punished, in fact, they qualify immediately for extra help, including emergency funding and technical assistance.
In the No Child Left Behind Act, parental choice and supplemental services are not penalties or consequences, they’re safety valves, for both student and school. Parents with children in underachieving schools are given the right to obtain private tutoring and other supplemental services for their children through their child’s share of federal Title I funds.
No Child Left Behind expands local control of schools. Every local school district in America has new freedom and flexibility and decision-making authority that it didn’t have a year ago as a result of the President’s reforms.
As President Bush has said, we’re asking a lot of America’s teachers and they deserve our full support. Accordingly, No Child Left Behind includes new tools, new resources, and new flexibility for teachers that get the federal government out of the way and give teachers unprecedented new tools to improve student achievement.

Every single penny of federal funding appropriated by Congress as a result of the No Child Left Behind Act is being provided this year, and the President has proposed spending significantly more for education next year. No cuts have been made by the Bush Administration in funding for implementation of No Child Left Behind; in fact, the President’s FY2003 Budget proposal significantly increases education funding, even in a time of war and economic uncertainty.

   

Enhancing Education Through Technology

Overview

The Administration believes schools should use technology as a tool to improve academic achievement, and that using the latest technology in the classroom should not be an end unto itself.

This proposal begins to accomplish that goal by streamlining duplicative technology programs into a performance-based technology grant program that sends more money to schools. 

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Summary of Proposals

   

Resources

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Secretary Paige's Letter 
NCLB Database from ECS - Track your state's day-to-day progress in meeting the requirements of NCLB. 
ESEA Essentials from the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Policy briefs on key issues of No Child Left Behind. 
Leave No Child and No Family Behind Resources from the National Network of Partnership Schools 
Title III Special Report from the Educational Testing Service. 
Tech's Answer to Testing
Education Commission of the States
No Educator Left Behind
Leave No Child Unrecruited
What are people saying about NCLB?
Missouri Data
Review Quiz

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