The call-to-arms to “leave no child behind” in America has become popularly associated with the Bush administration’s education plan—a plan that actuall

The 2002 No Child Left Behind Act is the most important legislation in American education since the 1960s. The law requires states to put into place a set of st

Signed into law in 2002, the federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) promised to revolutionize American public education. Originally supported by a bipartisan c

Since the early 1990s, the federal role in education—exemplified by the controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)—has expanded dramatically. Yet states

Education is intimately connected to many of the most important and contentious questions confronting American society, from race to jobs to taxes, and the comp