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No Child Left Behind Act Thesis

Specifically reported by Dillon (2009) in the 2009 New York Times article entitled: "No Child Law Is Not Closing a Racial Gap" that there has not been a narrowing of the gap between white and minority students in recent years..." (Dillon, 2009) Additionally stated by Dillon (2009) is that according to experts the No Child left Behind act has "failed to make serious headway in lifting academic achievement." (2009) Zach Miners reported in the 2009 work entitled: "No Child Left Behind Law Loses Support that when the NCLB was signed by President George W. Bush in 2002, "…policy met with bipartisan praise and looked set to become the most influential federal reform of the nation's schools since desegregation in the 1950s. Today, efforts to reauthorize the law -- something that was scheduled to happen in 2007 -- continue to languish in Congress, unable to gather enough momentum from either party in either chamber. Its sinking trajectory demonstrates how difficult it can be for politicians in Washington to improve the quality of education offered in classrooms across the country." (Miners, 2009)

Summary & Conclusion

The No Child Left Behind act was soon upon its passing dubbed many titles including the Every Child Left Behind Act as well as other more cleverly appointed names that demonstrated the lack of efficacy of this act and the policymaker's failure to consult with educators and teachers but instead to enact such laws from the political sector has only served to demonstrate failure on the part of politicians...

The unrealistic rules and requirements have resulted in placing a heavy stress load on teachers and students alike and even parents are likely to state the same due to the many and tedious rules contained in the NCLB Act and particularly as so many of these methods have been showed to be over-rated and seriously lacking in outcomes to support the claims made when the NCLB was first passed into law. There is a need for the principles contained within the NCLB to be reformulated and restated and that this is to be accomplished with a focus on reality and utilizing the experiential knowledge of teachers in an initiative that is characterized by teacher collaboration being highly inclusive in the planning and design process.
Bibliography

Darling-Hammond, Linda (2007) Evaluating 'No Child Left Behind' 2 May 2007. The Nation. Online available at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070521/darling-hammond

Dillon, Sam (209) Rename Law? No Wisecrack Is Left Behind? The New York Times 22 Feb 2009. Online available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/education/23child.html

Dillon, Sam (2009) No Child Law Is Not closing a Racial Gap. 28 Apr 2009. The New York Times. Online available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/education/29scores.html

Miners, Zach (2009) No Child Left Behind Law Loses Support 9 Dec 2009. Nation & World. Online U.S. News & World Report. Available at: http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2009/12/09/no-child-left-behind-law-loses-support.html

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Darling-Hammond, Linda (2007) Evaluating 'No Child Left Behind' 2 May 2007. The Nation. Online available at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070521/darling-hammond

Dillon, Sam (209) Rename Law? No Wisecrack Is Left Behind? The New York Times 22 Feb 2009. Online available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/education/23child.html

Dillon, Sam (2009) No Child Law Is Not closing a Racial Gap. 28 Apr 2009. The New York Times. Online available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/education/29scores.html

Miners, Zach (2009) No Child Left Behind Law Loses Support 9 Dec 2009. Nation & World. Online U.S. News & World Report. Available at: http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2009/12/09/no-child-left-behind-law-loses-support.html
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