No Child Left Behind—the President's education reform—gets mixed reviews; some members of Congress are hoping to make some changes. On this archived, Labor Day edition of To the Point, we take another ...

As U.S. Congress works to overhaul the unpopular No Child Left Behind law this week, many people are watching to see how it affects standardized testing in public schools. But Pennsylvania Sen. Pat ...

A groundbreaking analysis by the Chicago Board of Education, conducted at the request of the Chicago Sun-Times, found Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students who transferred to new schools under the No ...

While children in Cheltenham face tough challenges, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has been making a difference in the town.

“Toto, we aren’t in Kansas anymore” – a familiar line from the classic movie “The Wizard of Oz.” Unfortunately, we can apply this statement to the state of education right now. We face a time of ...

As Congress attempts to rewrite the much-maligned federal education law, it's worth exploring its successes and shortcomings in fixing broken... No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't Cross ...

The White House is seeking to overhaul No Child Left Behind, the massive education program that was a legislative hallmark of the Bush administration. NCLB grades schools on their students' ...

Connecticut will be seeking relief from the federal No Child Left Behind Act, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy told reporters last Friday. The request comes as the White House announced new relief from the ...

The No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 (NCLB, Public Law 110-107) extends the accountability provisions of the 1994 reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (Improving America’s ...