No Child Left Behind Act

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This paper discusses the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 that was implemented by the Bush administration because of the inconsistencies that existed in the public education system in the United States. The paper analyzes the background and history of the policy and focuses on its implementation within the educational system in America.

Table of Contents:
I. Overview of the Policy
II. Historical Overview of the Policy
III. Implementation of Policy
IV. Economic Analysis

From the Paper:

"According to Giroux & Schmidt (2004) a great deal of the underperforming that occurs in public schools has to do with socioeconomic factors. These factors can affect the amount of funding that schools receive but also the quality of the teachers that are at a particular school. The article also asserts that many of the programs that have been implemented in the past have utilized tactics that have not been proven effective in turning around underperforming schools (Giroux & Schmidt 2004)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Evans B. A. and Hornberger N. H. No Child Left Behind: Repealing and Unpeeling Federal Language Education Policy in the United States.
• Gokcekus O. , Phillips J. J., & TOWER E. School choice: Money, race, and congressional voting on vouchers . Public Choice 119: 241-254, 2004.
• GIROUX , SCHMIDT M. Closing the Achievement Gap: A Metaphor for children left Behind. Journal of Educational Change 5: 213-228, 2004.
• Supplemental Educational Services. United States Department of Education. http://www.ed.gov/nclb/choice/help/ses/index.html

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