Many Children Left Behind
Subtitle: How the No Child Left Behind Act Is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools
Contributors: Deborah Meier (Editor); George Wood (Editor)
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: September 29, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780807004593
Subjects: Modern fiction; No Child Left Behind Act of 20; Educational accountability; Education And The State; Educational Reform; Education; Education / Teaching; Law and legislation; General; Educational equalization; Administration - General; Education / General; United States; Evaluation
First sentence: Many civil rights advocates initially hailed the Bush administration's major education bill, optimistically entitled No Child Left Behind, as a step forward in the long battle to improve education for those children traditionally left behind in American schools-in particular, students of color and students living in poverty, new English learners, and students with disabilities.