Leaving No Child Behind? Options For Kids In Failing Schools

No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is the signal domestic policy initiative of the Bush administration and the most ambitious piece of federal education legislation in at least thirty-five years, radically extending previous efforts to turn the federal government into an active monitor of school quality. Leaving No Child Behind? offers the first analysis of the bill's implementation, as ten leading experts evaluate its positive and negative effects at the federal, state, and local levels. The authors identify the law's effect on various constituencies--children, parents, teachers and administrators--and the politics surrounding NCLB. As the election season heats up and education becomes a major topic of the campaigns, this book will be the benchmark for informed discussion by all concerned with the future of America's education, from parents to educators to policy makers.Hess, Frederick M. is the author of 'Leaving No Child Behind? Options For Kids In Failing Schools', published 2004 under ISBN 9781403965882 and ISBN 1403965889.