No Child Left Behind
20 Years Ago, NCLB Kinda, Sorta Worked. That’s the Problem
The legacy of a policy, good or bad, can long outlive the political moment that shapes it
No Child Left Behind
Perhaps Progress Against Poverty Helped Test Scores Rise
The pattern isn’t perfect. But over the past twenty years, the two lines appear to be moving generally in the same direction.
No Child Left Behind
EdStat: 23 States Said Their Education Agency “Had a Heavier Workload under ESSA than under NCLB”
New research challenges the notion that ESSA has fewer federal regulations than previous iterations of the federal K–12 law.
No Child Left Behind
Let’s Leave the Worst Parts of NCLB Behind
Few of NCLB’s provisions received as much scorn as its singular focus on grade-level proficiency as the sole measure of school performance.
No Child Left Behind
Proposed ESSA Regulations Limit States on Accountability
Like No Child Left Behind, the proposed ESSA regulations are going to stand in the way of some promising approaches to state accountability. What’s the point of that?
No Child Left Behind
What Was Accomplished in the Era of Reform via Federal Regulation?
For all their differences, George W. Bush and Barack Obama shared a surprisingly common approach to school reform: a regulatory approach.
No Child Left Behind
The Best Part of NCLB Reauthorization You’ve Never Heard Of
The larger legacy of the Every Child Achieves Act may well be how it cleans up supplement not supplant, a little discussed and often misunderstood fiscal rule
No Child Left Behind
The New Education Trust Report: The Triumph of Hope Over Experience
When designing accountability systems, we need to find the sweet spot between defeatism and utopianism. In my view, that’s exactly what the states are trying to do. They deserve our praise, not our derision.
No Child Left Behind
The Federal Government Is Not a State, and ESEA Does Not Give Arne Duncan Mandate Authority
Where is the “plain language” of ESEA that gives the Department of Education the authority to mandate statewide teacher-evaluation systems, particularly for states that want waivers on school accountability. Just as with ObamaCare and the question of whether the federal government is a “state,” the administration won’t have a good answer.
No Child Left Behind
If You Like Your Federal Education Policy, You Can Keep It!
The administration wanted us to believe it had a smart, coherent vision and clear implementation plan for its federal education policy...until we realized it didn’t.