Category Archives: No Child Left Behind Act

US Kindergartens see an increase in Hispanic and Asian students

The US kindergarten class of 2010-11 is less white, less black, more Asian and much more Hispanic than in 2000, reflecting the nation’s rapid racial and ethnic transformation. According to USA Today, the profile of the 4 million children starting … Continue reading

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Value-added teaching and the LA Times

Much of the concern about value-added analysis of teachers in California, as exemplified by an already infamous LA Times feature entitled Who’s teaching L.A.’s kids?, comes from teachers and other advocates for urban schools that have been singled out under … Continue reading

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Does the NCLB act promote monolingualism?

The United States is now eight years into the No Child Left Behind Act and educators, researchers, and advocates remain locked in heated debate over the effects of the law’s testing and accountability mandates on students, many from immigrant homes … Continue reading

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