February 2004: Children Left Behind, Volume , Issue
A National Task Robert Borosage
Why high-quality public education is the democratic challenge of our time
Bush's Education Fraud Peter Schrag
The No Child Left Behind Act is self-defeating, confusing and underfunded. If it isn't drastically overhauled, millions more kids will be left behind.
The Best Investment We Can Make Ayelish McGarvey
Better schools won't help unless young children are school-ready. That process begins at birth.
Testing Our Patience Richard Rothstein
Standardized tests have their uses. But current federal law uses testing to destroy learning.
Saving Black Boys Rosa A. Smith
The elusive promises of public education
The Verdict on Vouchers Matthew Yglesias
Funded by the right and lent credence by the Harvard name, a series of studies were aimed at proving the worth of school-voucher programs. The irony? The numbers simply don't add up.
Aiming High Garance Franke-Ruta
How new research and model programs are reclaiming the American high school
The Weakly Standards Emmet Rosenfeld
One teacher's losing fight with high-stakes, low-logic testing
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