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Grading The Graders And Reforming The Reform: An Analysis Of The State Of Public Education Ten Years After No Child Left Behind, Jonathan C. Augustine, Craig M. Freeman
Grading The Graders And Reforming The Reform: An Analysis Of The State Of Public Education Ten Years After No Child Left Behind, Jonathan C. Augustine, Craig M. Freeman
Jonathan C. Augustine
Congress overwhelmingly passed the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001(“NCLB”), bipartisan legislation intended to bring about substantive reform in public education. The purpose of this article, written ten years after NCLB’s enactment, is to analyze the practical effects of NCLB’s theoretical solutions to public education’s systemic problems. Using Louisiana’s public education system as the real-world model for the law’s application, the authors ultimately recommend specific solutions for the president and Congress to consider as they contemplate changes to NCLB. The authors, like other education advocates referenced in this article, support a triparate partnership approach to educating public school children. …