NCLB in the News

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which was up for reauthorization in 2007, but has yet to be acted on by Congress, continues to be featured regularly in media stories all over the country. School takeovers, the funding debate, the effectiveness of student performance measures, and the reform agenda are just a few issues surrounding NCLB. Recognizing the importance of remaining current on the discussion, Public Education Network provides NCLB in the News, a website venue dedicated to highlighting recent news events related to the act, with links to articles and a summary of the key issues raised therein. Articles are organized from most recent to oldest -- this particular collection having begun in November 2006 -- and are identified by the following topics: Achievement Gap, Funding, NCLB Litigation, New Congress, Reauthorization, School Performance (AYP), School Takeovers, Student Performance Standards (Testing), Teacher Quality, Teacher Training, and Teaching Methods.

The collection will be updated periodically. Please note that this section does NOT include reports, analyses, and trade journal articles, but concentrates on the newspaper dailies to give the viewer a pattern of NCLB major concerns of local communities. Longer reports appear under each of the NCLB Action Briefs found elsewhere. Where possible, we have copied the article in its entirety. However, this collection cannot provide every news article that may have appeared about NCLB during a particular period.
 

News Articles To read the entire article, click on the article title.
Date	Publication	Article Title
October 15, 2008	Dallas Morning News	More Texas Schools Miss the Mark
October 14, 2008	Washington Post	School Attendance Law "Gone Awry"
October 14, 2008	San Diego Union Tribune	Growing Number of English Learners in County Threatens Pass-Rate Progress
October 13, 2008	New York Times	Under "No Child" Law, Even Solid Schools Falter
October 12, 2008	New York Times	More Schools Miss the Mark, Raising Pressure
October 7, 2008	Des Moines Register	Valley Explains Federal Test Results
October 6, 2008	Daily Herald	Snohomish County Schools That Aren't Up to Standard Lose Kids
October 5, 2008	Quad City Times	Candidates Have Differing Views on Improving Schools
October 4, 2008	Indianapolis Star	School Deemed "High Performing"
October 2, 2008	Associated Press	Maryland Parents Question Special-Needs Testing Mandate
October 2, 2008	Washington Post	Needy Students Closing Test Gap Under 'No Child"
October 2, 2008	Denver Post	Schools' Progress Goals a Moving Target
October 2, 2008	South Carolina State	S.C. Schools Miss Federal Targets: State's Showing Worst Since No Child Left Behind
October 1, 2008	Salt Lake Tribune	80 Percent of State's Schools Make the 'No Child Left Behind' Grade
October 1, 2008	Greenville News	Higher Bar Means More Schools Didn't Make Adequate Yearly Progress
September 27, 2008	Salt Lake Tribune	New School Testing Plan is Approved
September 25, 2008	Contra Costa Times	Study: No Child Goals Unrealistic for California Elementary Schools
September 23, 2008	The Arizona Daily Star	Clock Ticks for AZ to Meet 'No Child'� Goals
September 23, 2008	The San Francisco Chronicle	Schools Fail to Meet No Child Left Behind Goals
September 19, 2008	The Des Moines Register	Fewer Iowa Schools Meet Education Law's Targets
September 18, 2008	The Chicago Tribune	Illinois Test Scores Show Split Results
September 15, 2008	The Washington Post	'No Child Left Behind' Left Behind in Presidential Race
September 15, 2008	Associated Press	Elementary, Middle School Kids Make Gains
September 12, 2008	The Baltimore Sun	Overhaul for Schools
September 11, 2008	The Wichita Eagle	More Wichita Schools Meet Targets; Fewer Suburbans Do
September 10, 2008	The Denver Post	Obama Opens Schools Debate with McCain
September 10, 2008	The New York Times	Obama Looks to Lessons from Chicago in His National Education Plan
September 8, 2008	Associated Press	Noriega Lays out Education Plan
September 7, 2008	The New York Times	24/7 School Reform
September 7, 2008	The Dallas Morning News	Grand Prairie Parents Drop Schools Not Making Grade
September 4, 2008	The Twin Cities Daily Planet	No Child Left Behind Statistics Revealed Struggling Students
August 21, 2008	The Christian Science Monitor	Bush Education Law: Shift Ahead? No Child Left Behind Act Could Be Overhauled by a New President and Congress Next Year.
July 27, 2008	The New York Times	Statewide Tests Show 'Uneven' Improvement
July 7, 2008	Miami-Herald	S. Fla. schools raise state grades, but some slip
June 30, 2008	USA Today	Report: Racial gap narrows, but what did No Child law do?
June 28, 2008	Associated Press	Poll finds US schools doing 'fair to poor' job
June 27, 2008	Dallas Morning News	Study looks at test scores of limited English speakers
June 27, 2008	Miami-Herald	Poll: Schools not properly preparing kids
June 26, 2008	Christian Science Monitor	U.S. students improve in math and reading, report finds
June 18, 2008	Baltimore Sun	Top students show little gain from 'No Child' efforts
June 18, 2008	New York Times	Report Sees Cost in Some Academic Gains
June 12, 2008	New York Times	Bush Loyalist Fights Foes of 'No Child' Law
June 8, 2008	Time Magazine (CNN NEWS)	No Child Left Behind: Doomed to Fail?
May 10, 2008	USA Today	School districts face sanctions under landmark law
April 30, 2008	Register Pajaronian	Testing times for students
April 28, 2008	St. Louis Post	Sent to detention
April 24, 2008	The Christian Science Monitor	US pushes states to count graduation rates the same
April 24, 2008	The American	Back to School
April 22, 2008	Houston Chronicle	New plan to lessen dropout crisis: Education chief aims to toughen 'No Child' law
April 20, 2008	Twin Cities Daily Planet	Will Minnesota leave 'No Child' behind
April 18, 2008	The McPherson Sentinet	How can we fix NCLB?
April 16, 2008	The Salt Lake Tribune	Kids, it's time to play: Raise your test score
April 16, 2008	Western Queens Gazette	NYC Ranks 43 Out Of 50 Cities in Graduations
April 16, 2008	Street Insider	Kumon Opens New Math and Reading Center in Newark
April 16, 2008	Scene	How do you pass No Child Left Behind . . . when you don’t speak English?
April 15, 2008	Anchorage Daily News	Teaching kids isn’t like training dogs
April 14, 2008	The Joplin Globe	In our view: Return of science
April 10, 2008	The Journal-Constitution	ATLANTA SCHOOLS: Help us get even better
April 09, 2008	Tennessean	Tailor the standard to the individual
April 09, 2008	Pittsburgh Post-Gazette	Both Clinton and Obama attack No Child Left Behind Act
April 7, 2008	Leader-Call	Nation deserves candidate debates on failing public schools
April 3, 2008	Arizona Business & Education Coalition	We can't afford to opt out of No Child
April 1, 2008	Star Tribune – Minneapolis	Our view: Time to give control of local schools back to local communities
March 31, 2008	Arizona Republic	No Child law should be dropped, but testing needs improvement
March 28, 2008	Indian Country Today	Improved Indian education data collection needed
March 19, 2008	Los Angeles Times	White House is willing to ease up on No Child Left Behind
March 17, 2008	The Bismarck Tribune	Revamped NCLB law needed
March 11, 2008	Daily Ledger	Hare outlines his vision for reforming ‘No Child Left Behind’
February 29, 2008	Star Tribune (Minneapolis)	Will 'No Child' law pass its next big exam?
February 28, 2008	Santa Maria Times	State plan targets local schools
February 26, 2008	Richmond Times	Kaine is against NCLB pullout
February 25, 2008	Washington Post	Reading and math curtailing other topics, study finds
February 25, 2008	Salt Lake Tribune	Education bills need state’s OK?
February 24, 2008	Denver Post	By every measure, Colorado students are worse
February 23, 2008	Washington Post	Test scores at odds with rising high school grades
February 19, 2008	Knox News	Board approves Austin-East, Fulton plans
February 18, 2008	Detroit Free Press	Big high schools hinder learning, teachers say
February 17, 2008	Lexington Herald	Special-needs kids struggling with NCLB
February 17, 2008	Houston Chrinicle	Keep accountability, but show our schools’ progress
February 12, 2008	Seattle Post	Teachers key to school reform
February 10, 2008	Post-Tribune	Rep slams No Child Left Behind
February 9, 2008	Texarkana Gazette	L-E middles school nominated for No Child Left Behind honor
February 8, 2008	Daily Herald	U-46 gets to the ‘middle’ of No Child Left Behind
February 8, 2008	Washington Times	Education and the candidates
February 4, 2008	Salt Lake Tribune	Education: Not the hottest topic but Utah voters pay attention
February 4, 2008	Associated Press	Bush seeks no increase for schools
February 3, 2008	Washington Times	Reauthorizing NCLB
January 31, 2008	Salt Lake Tribune	Presidential candidates can't ignore education issues
January 30, 2008	Indian Country Today	No Child Left Behind Act is top issue at education summit
January 27, 2008	Bakersfield Californian	Student tracking system moves forward
January 24, 2008	Star Bulletin	Teachers fail grade
January 23, 2008	The Examiner	Study casts doubt on No Child’s effectiveness
January 23, 2008	Detroit Free Press	Walberg: Schools need flexibility to excel
January 20, 2008	The Daily Advance	2+2 = ART
January 18, 2008	Associated Press	U.S. ed secretary praises California's No Child plan
January 16, 2008	Seattle Post	White House Official Touts Unpopular ‘No Child Left Behind’
January 13, 2008	Yakima Herald	Teachers Feel Left Behind
January 15, 2008	Charleston Daily Mail	No Child Should be Left Behind
January 7, 2008	Washington Post	How to Fix 'No Child'
January 6, 2008	San Francisco Chronicle	Should No Child Left Behind be reauthorized - NO
January 7, 2008	San Francisco Chronicle	Should No Child Left Behind Act be reauthorized? – YES While Congress stalls, students of color fall through the cracks
January 3, 2008	Detroit Free Press	Empower teachers, principals A smarter idea gets left behind in NCLB act
January 1, 2008	Tennessean.com	Inaction on No Child Left Behind dismays schools
January 1, 2008	Minneapolis Star Tribune	No Child Left Behind: GOP senators want it to be history
December 23, 2007	New York Times	Democrats Make Bush School Act an Election Issue
December 20, 2007	Albany Times Union	No Child Left Behind plays politics, hurts kids
December 19, 2007	Deseret Morning News	States can design own NCLB plans
December 18, 2007	Pasadena Star News	Revised testing rules should improve NCLB
December 17, 2007	Washington Post	Are U.S. Benchmarks for Reading and Math Too High? It's Debatable
December 17, 2007	Burlington Free Press	Angry teachers blast federal education law
December 16, 2007	New York Times	No Child Left Behind? Say it in Spanish
December 9, 2007	Pittsburgh Tribune Review	Opting out of NCLB
December 7, 2007	Southeast Misourian	Some say No Child Left Behind has gone too far
December 6, 2007	Desert Morning News	No child Left Behind based on false goal
December 6, 2007	Times Argus	No child should ever be left behind
December 2, 2007	Desert Morning News	First, we ditch No Child Left Behind
December 1, 2007	The Oregonian	Schools leave dollars behind 25 in Oregon turn down federal money that binds them to No Child Left Behind rules
December 1, 2007	McClantney Tribune	No Child Left Behind overhaul under debate
November 27, 2007	Salt Lake Tribune	Born teachers: NCLB fails to reward innate talent
November 28, 2007	Associated Press	4th-Graders Losing Ground on Literacy
November 27, 2007	Des Moines Register	NCLB, testing and flexibility
November 26, 2007	Washington Post	Study: When gauging educators, many parents value student satisfaction over performance
November 26, 2007	New York Times	Students Ace State Tests, but Earn D’s from U.S.
November 25, 2007	Washington Post	'No Child' Law May Slight The Gifted, Experts Say
November 18, 2007	Washington Post	'No Child' Data on Violence Skewed Each State Defines 'Dangerous School'
November 15, 2007	Dayton Daily News	City Schools Still Lag on Math, Reading
November 14, 2007	Washington Post	Nonprofit Groups May Run Failing D.C. Schools: Rhee Is Weighing Several Options
November 13, 2007	Des Moines Register	Year-round tutors guide kids to confidence, better grades
November 12, 2007	Denver Post	Don’t delay fix to No Child Law
November 11, 2007	New York Post	Making the Grade, the truth behind N.Y. school ‘scores’
November 10, 2007	Detroit News	Uniform graduation rate reporting is urged
November 9, 2007	Chicago Tribune	Limited-English kids face a tougher test U.S. orders Illinois to use regular exam
November 9, 2007	Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL)	Confusion over Oak Hill closing raises questions: Does the Tuscaloosa City School System administration's left hand know what its rigsht hand is doing?
November 9, 2007	Contra Costa Times (San Francisco)	Miller searches for balance on No Child Left Behind: Opposition to reauthorization of education law comes from lawmakers on the left and right as well as Bush
November 8, 2007	Washington Times	Lawmakers drag heels on No Child
November 6, 2007	Chicago Tribune	Students have 'opt-out' choice with recruiters
November 5, 2007	Washington Post	An Unlikely Partnership Left Behind
November 5, 2007	Tucson Citizen	Az lawmakers seek reversal of ruling on English learners
November 5, 2007	Plain Dealer (Cleveland)	Tutors' work not getting checked: Districts pay for unmonitored help
November 5, 2007	Boston Globe	Politics Testing No Child Alliance
November 4, 2007	New York Times	No exit
November 4, 2007	The Boston Globe	Longer school day weighed: 3 towns required to act to raise performance
November 3, 2007	Time Magazine	Senate Tables New 'No Child' Vote
November 2, 2007	The Capital Times (Madison, WI)	Protesters target Army ads on school scoreboards
October 31, 2007	Post and Courier	S.C. Schools Static on Federal Goals
October 31, 2007	Oakland Tribune	Dropout Factories: High School Kids Left Behind
October 31, 2007	Lake County News-Sun (Lake County, IL)	Achievement gap: High schools lag behind lower grades on state tests
October 31, 2007	Chicago Daily Herald	How no child left behind changes could affect you
October 31, 2007	The Washington Post	School strives not to be left behind: Mississippi elementary has the lowest test scores in the state that is ranked at the bottom
October 30, 2007	Los Angeles Times	A juggling act on No Child Left Behind; Democrats, Republicans and teachers see flaws in Calif.'s Rep. Miller's proposal to renew the 2001 education law. He's not giving up
October 30, 2007	Los Angeles Times	Juggling Act on No Child Left Behind
October 28, 2007	Washington Post	By the Mississippi Delta, A Whole School Left Behind
October 26, 2007	Las Cruces Sun-News (Las Cruces, NM)	No Child Left Behind offers free tutoring, but few sign up
October 26, 2007	The Plainfield Sun (Chicago, IL)	Plainfield high schools focus on boosting academic progress
October 26, 2007	Pocono Record	'School choice' usually means 'no choice' in Pa.
October 25, 2007	Daily Vidette	More Schools Fail to Meet NCLB Standards
October 21, 2007	Los Angeles Times	Mr. Shanker's lesson: The legendary teachers union leader knew the formula to make merit pay work
October 19, 2007	Home News Tribune Online	2 School Districts Improve
October 18, 2007	Lancaster (Lancaster, PA)	Carter & MacRae: A lesson in success: School that struggled now beating the odds
October 16, 2007	The Tribune-Star (Terre Haute, IN)	‘Town hall’ gives educators chance to voice federal views
October 16, 2007	New York TImes	Failing Schools Fail to Meet U.S. Standard
October 15, 2007	CQPolitics	Democrats Divided on ‘No Child’ Reauthorization
October 14, 2007	NY Daily News	Weiner: City's kids out $3.3B of No Child Left Behind funds
October 11, 2007	Post and Courier	Save No Child Left Behind
October 10, 2007	Washington Post	Bush Declares His Openness To Revising Education Law: But He Holds Firm on Testing, Accountability
October 10, 2007	New York Times	Bush Prodding Congress to Reauthorize His Education Law
October 10, 2007	Associated Press	Bush pushes Congress on ‘No Child’ law
October 7, 2007	Washington Times	NCLB results prove progress tough to gauge
October 5, 2007	Wall Street Journal	Dumbing Education Down
October 5, 2007	San Antonio Express-News	Law hurting school that helps students
September 27, 2007	Washington Post	An Extra 'S' on the Report Card: Hailing a Singular Achievement, President Gets Pluralistic
September 27, 2007	Washington Post	Few Students Switching Schools Under 'No Child' Law
September 26, 2007	Indianapolis Star	Let's Leave This Bill Behind
September 26, 2007	The Washington Post	‘Nation’s Report Card’ Shows Improvement
September 26, 2007	Financial Times	Education reform in US looks to business
September 25, 2007	The Washington Post	Math Scores Up for 4th and 8th Graders
September 25, 2007	New York Times	Scores Show Mixed Results for Bush Education Law
September 24, 2007	Washington Times	School options urged for parents
September 22, 2007	Chicago Tribune	The Next ‘No Child” Law
September 20, 2007	Plain Dealer Reporter	Education Secretary Margaret Spellings pushes No Child Left Behind
September 20, 2007	Hawaii Reporter	Can No Child Left Behind Get Worse?
September 20, 2007	Oakland Tribune	Teaches Bring Giant Postcard to Protest Pelosi
September 20, 2007	Houston Chronicle	In this battle, no effort left behind
September 18, 2007	The Washington Post	Support Grows for Teacher Bonuses: More Schools Offer Performance Pay as House Debates Issue
September 13, 2007	Washington Times	The Good and Bad of NCLB
September 11, 2007	Sun Herald (Port Charlotte, Fl)	Hearing proves beneficial for school officials
September 11, 2007	Richmond Times-Dispatch	Latino advocates praise No Child: They tell House panel the education law has helped students learning English
September 11, 2007	Associated Press	Merit Pay for Teachers Draws Debate
September 11, 2007	The Washington Times	Teachers unions rip changes to education act
September 10, 2007	Washington Post	Save School Standards: Congress should resist attempts to water down the No Child Left Behind law
September 7, 2007	New York Observer	Poor Students get the Old Heave-Ho
September 6, 2007	Washington Post	'No Child' Loopholes Decried Spellings Opposes Proposal to Ease Penalties
September 6, 2007	New York Times	Secretary of Education Criticizes Proposal
September 1, 2007	New York Times	Democrats Try to Soften Bush’s Education Law
August 29, 2007	The Washington Post	Congressman Offers Revisions to “No Child”
August 27, 2007	The Washington Post	The Gifted Children Left Behind
August 27, 2007	Times West Virginian	Schools Make AYP, but Not County
August 23, 2007	New York Times	Study of Test Scores Finds Charter Schools Lagging
August 22, 2007	Los Angeles Times	U.S. sued over teacher credentials: A coalition of parents and advocates say federal rules are violating education law
August 3, 2007	Washington Post	Groups Take Fight Against Lessons to Court
August 2, 2007	Washington Post	A Study Finds Some States Lagging on Graduation Rates
August 2, 2007	Washington Post	Education department Criticized for Loans Oversight
August 1, 2007	Washington Post	English Instruction Touted for Immigrants
July 31, 2007	Washington Post	Clouds Gather Over D.C. Schools: Problems With Books, Air Conditioning Cited as Opening Nears
July 31, 2007	Washington Post	Crucial Lawmaker Outlines Changes to Education Law
July 31, 2007	Washington Post	'No Child' Needs to Expand Beyond Tests, Chair Says
July 27, 2007	Indian Country Today	America's 'Best' Education Keeps Indian Children Down
July 27, 2007	Boston Globe	Education Company K12 plans IPO
July 26, 2007	Cincinnati Post	Leaving many children behind
July 26, 2007	Washington Post	Mayor Faults Education Minority Kids Receive
July 26, 2007	Greensboro News & Record	More Schools Reach Yearly Testing Goals
July 26, 2007	Times-Picayune	State Speeds N.O. School Rehabs
July 26, 2007	Springfield State Journal-Register	Walking Lesson: Superintendent Ventures Out to Learn About Springfield
July 25, 2007	New York Times	Bloomberg Supports Teacher Merit Pay
July 25, 2007	New York Times	Focus on 2 R’s Cuts Time for the Rest, Report Says
July 25, 2007	New York Times	Group: Math, Reading Time Up at Schools
July 25, 2007	Atlanta Journal Constitution	Options limited on 'No Child' transfers in DeKalb
July 25, 2007	US News & World Report	Schools Cut Other Subjects to Teach Reading and Math
July 24, 2007	Times Record	Non-English Tests Better Than Feared
July 22, 2007	Washington Post	Getting an Education as Big as All Outdoors
July 18, 2007	Chicago Tribune	Leaving children behind, again
July 17, 2007	Dallas Morning News	No Child is worth Congress amending, keeping
July 17, 2007	San-Diego Union Tribune	School official's conduct and ability to serve
July 16, 2007	CQ TODAY	McKeon Lays Down Marker for Education Law Renewal
July 14, 2007	Washington Post	Education: If It Ain't Broke ...
July 13, 2007	Dallas Morning News	For politicians, No Money Left Behind
July 13, 2007	Philadelphia Inquirer	No Child Left Behind must change or the nation could be left behind
July 11, 2007	San Francisco Chronicle	Education reform under attack
July 11, 2007	New York Times	How hard can it be to teach? The Challenges Go Well beyond the Classroom
July 11, 2007	San-Diego Union Tribune	Putting children ahead of money
July 11, 2007	New York Times	Transferring Up
June 28, 2007	USA Today	Spellings favors wiggle room for schools
June 15, 2007	Omaha World-Herald	Education experts call for national education change
April 4, 2007	Education Week	More Parental Power in Revised NCLB Urged
February 27, 2007	Washington Post	High school students are getting better grades, but that doesn't mean they're learning
February 14, 2007	CNN	Commission Urges Tracking of Teacher Progress
February 12, 2007	CNN	Testing Laws May Change to Accommodate Disabled Students
February 6, 2007	San Diego Union-Tribune	School Superintendent Criticizes Expectations Based on Race
February 6, 2007	Washington Post	Supervisors Step Up In "No Child" Fight: Immigrant Testing Rule Called Unfair
February 5, 2007	Lakeland, FL--The Ledger	Polk Principals Keep Wary Eye Toward US Edict
February 4, 2007	Washington Post	How Not to Pick A School
January 24, 2007	New York Times	Bush Revives Some Past Proposals, but Breaks Little Ground On Domestic Issues
January 9, 2007	New York Times	Democrats Push for Changes to NCLB Law
January 8, 2007	The National Review	Leaving my lapel pin behind
January 8, 2007	USA Today	How Bush education law has changed our schools
January 7, 2007	Chicago Tribune	Mayors Increasingly Seek to Take Charge of Schools
December 14, 2006	Washington Post	High Schools Reach Higher, Score Better
December 12, 2006	Seattle Times	Gregoire proposal would aid math, science
December 12, 2006	Washington Post	Dems Plan to Cut Rates on College Loans
December 12, 2006	Washington Post	School Day Goes into Overtime
December 11, 2006	Seattle Times	One School's Legacy: There's no Learning
December 10, 2006	Chicago Tribune	Schools Add Focus on Health of Students
December 5, 2007	Washington Post	Local Schools to Study Whether Math - Topics = Better Instruction
November 26, 2006	San Francisco Chronicle	New Strategies in Education War
November 20, 2006	Fox News	Flawed No Left Behind Act Discourages Teachers
November 18, 2006	San Francisco Gate	Ed. Dept. To Let States Define Progress
November 12, 2006	San Francisco Chronicle	Election Aftermath America: What's At Stake [in] Education