No Child Left Behind

Past, Present, and Future

By (author) William Hayes Foreword by Adam Urbanski

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Publication date:

14 August 2008

Length of book:

208 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781578868971

While few would quarrel with the goal of the No Child Left Behind legislation, the nation is badly divided over whether the law is having a positive effect on our schools. At the same time, it is also true that most Americans, including many professional educators, have only a limited understanding of the content and scope of the legislation. As we are currently engaged in a national debate about the future role of the federal government in the field of education, it is essential that people become better informed about the history, content, and results of No Child Left Behind. This book is a valuable tool informing the current discussion on the reauthorization of the law. As a result, the reader will be better able to make up his own mind as to the direction we should take as a nation in pursuing the noble objective of ensuring that no child is left behind.
[William Hayes] is eminently qualified to [write about NCLB] because of his long and accomplished career as teacher, administrator and college professor. He examines the history of the law, comments on its current status, and projects its likely future. All this from both academic and pragmatic perspectives. This represents an invaluable context for those who want to better understand the law - and an even more critical context for those who want to amend or change it...Proponents and foes of NCLB alike want better education for all students. The prospects for making progress towards that goal are enhanced if the debate is both contextualized and de-polarized. William Hayes' excellent book makes an important contribution towards that end...