scholarly journals Factories: Getting Rid Of Learning

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen Jackson ◽  
Laura Gaudet
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
School Consolidation ◽  
Teacher Qualifications ◽  
Educational Programming ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
School Settings ◽  
Educational Debate ◽  
Nclb Act

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act has been the main focus of educational debate since we entered the 21st Century. It has left educators in dispute about the reasonableness of federally-ordered reforms and the necessity for holding all students to the same academic standards. The 2001 legislation expanded the federal government’s role in public education and required greater school accountability and teacher qualifications with little concern for mandate funding. The NCLB requirements have resulted in larger public schools and rural school consolidation. This development has placed unnecessary burden on public schools and has forced many districts to eliminate educational programming. This article will discuss the ramifications of NCLB in public school settings, as well as the specific problems of schools in rural areas.

No Child Left Behind: The Ongoing Movement for Public Education Reform

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 461-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROD PAIGE
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Public Education ◽  
Education Reform ◽  
Education System ◽  
Academic Skills ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Public Education Reform ◽  
Original Goal

In this essay, former secretary of education Rod Paige depicts the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) as the culmination of more than half a century of urgent but largely unheeded calls for reform of the nation's public education system. He explains the rationale for the design of NCLB and responds to several criticisms of the legislation, including the notion that it is a one-size-fits-all mandate and that its improvement targets are unrealistic. He further argues that the nation's public schools must become more responsive to the needs of students and their families in order to remain viable. Finally, he contends that subsequent reauthorizations should stay true to NCLB's original goal of holding school systems accountable for equipping all students with the academic skills on which America's future depends.

No Child Left Behind: Gifted Children and School Counselors

2006 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0601000
Author(s):  
Marcia Gentry
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Gifted Education ◽  
Gifted Children ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
Educational Climate

A gifted-education researcher discusses the potential effects of No Child Left Behind on gifted children and adolescents as well as implications for those who counsel such children in public schools. With the primary purpose of stimulating thought, discussion, and action, she addresses the marginalization of gifted and other at-risk children in the current educational climate and provides recommendations for school counselors.

scholarly journals Measurement Matters: Perspectives on Education Policy from an Economist and School Board Member

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-182 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Lang
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Test Scores ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Education Community ◽  
Enormous Amount ◽  
School Board Member ◽  
Value Added Measures ◽  
Nclb Act ◽  
Summary Data

One of the potential strengths of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act enacted in 2002 is that the law requires the production of an enormous amount of data, particularly from tests, which, if used properly, might help us improve education. As an economist and as someone who served 13 years on the School Committee1 in Brookline Massachusetts, until May 2009, I have been appalled by the limited ability of districts to analyze these data; I have been equally appalled by the cavalier manner in which economists use test scores and related measures in their analyses. The summary data currently provided are very hard to interpret, and policymakers, who typically lack statistical sophistication, cannot easily use them to assess progress. In some domains, most notably the use of average test scores to evaluate teachers or schools, the education community is aware of the biases and has sought better measures. The economics and statistics communities have both responded to and created this demand by developing value-added measures that carry a scientific aura. However, economists have largely failed to recognize many of the problems with such measures. These problems are sufficiently important that they should preclude any automatic link between these measures and rewards or sanctions. They do, however, contain information and can be used as a catalyst for more careful evaluation of teachers and schools, and as a lever to induce principals and other administrators to act on their knowledge.

Ethnically Diverse Rural Special Educators who are Highly Qualified: Does NCLB Make this Impossible?

2005 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Anne Prater
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Highly Qualified Teachers ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Short Supply ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Impact

Ethnically diverse special educators are in short supply not only in urban and suburban schools, but in rural areas as well. Finding teachers who meet the highly-qualified definition under the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 worsen the shortage problem. This article addresses the impact of the definition of highly-qualified teachers on the recruitment and retention of ethnically diverse special educators and provides some suggested solutions for rural schools and districts to consider.

Teaching A Geographical Component In World History Curriculum

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 19
Author(s):  
Olga A. Kachina
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Rhode Island ◽  
World History ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
History Curriculum ◽  
Analytical Thinking ◽  
Short Period ◽  
The World ◽  
Foreign Policies

This article is devoted to the topic of teaching a geographical component in World History curriculum in American public high schools. Despite the fact that the federal legislation entitled No Child Left Behind (2001) declared geography as a "core" academic subject, geography was the only subject dropped from federal funding. As a result, geography as a separate subject in the majority of public schools around the country ceased to exist. California, New Mexico, and Rhode Island have adopted state standards of combined course of World History and Geography. However, a small geography segment included within the World History course has not been sufficient to provide students with a satisfactory level of geographical literacy. American students show their lack of geographical knowledge in one study after another even though the 21st century is an era of globalization and increasing international relationship. The geopolitical approach to teaching the World History course promoted in this paper can improve the situation significantly in a relatively short period of time. This geopolitical approach stresses the connection between history and geography. It involves an analysis of a countys economy, culture, domestic and foreign policies as directly connected to its geography. This approach improves students analytical thinking and conceptual understanding.

Getting Ruby a Quality Public Education: Forty-Two Years of Building the Demand for Quality Public Schools through Parental and Public Involvement

2006 ◽  
Vol 76 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
ARNOLD FEGE
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Public Education ◽  
School Improvement ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Elementary And Secondary Education ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education Act ◽  
Access To Data

In this article, Arnold Fege identifies parental and public engagement as critical to sustaining equity in public education. He traces the history of this engagement from the integration of schools after Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 and the implementation in 1965 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act through the provisions of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). He finds that while NCLB gives parents access to data, it does not foster use of that information to mobilize the public to get involved in school improvement. Fege concludes with historical lessons applicable to the reauthorization of NCLB, emphasizing enforcement of provisions for both parental and community-based involvement in decisionmaking, resource allocation, and assurance of quality and equity.

Under Pressure: Job Security, Resource Allocation, and Productivity in Schools under No Child Left Behind

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 207-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randall Reback ◽  
Jonah Rockoff ◽  
Heather L. Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
No Child Left Behind ◽  
Job Security ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Teachers Perceptions ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Passing Rates ◽  
Class Instruction ◽  
Specialist Teachers ◽  
Standardized Exams ◽  
Nclb Act

We conduct the first nationwide study of incentives under the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, which requires states to punish schools failing to meet target passing rates on students' standardized exams. States' idiosyncratic policies created variation in the risk of failure among very similar schools in different states, which we use to identify effects of accountability pressure. We find NCLB lowers teachers' perceptions of job security, shifts time towards specialist teachers in high-stakes subjects and away from whole-class instruction, and has positive or neutral effects on students' enjoyment of learning and achievement in reading, math, and science. (JEL H52, H75, I21, I28, J45)

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