NCLB

D.C. and Md. named 'Race to the Top' finalists; rest of Obama's education agenda stagnates

This is a Washington Post article on how the Obama administration is handling rewriting one of the worst educational programs invented, No Child Left Behind. As the article states at this time 1/3 of all schools in the US are failing. This is based on the measurement of state mandated standardized testing, penalties on schools that fail to meet the set standards, and restructuring or closing of numerous schools that continue to fail as needed funding is cut and cut. A closer look at the types of schools that continue to fail under NCLB are urban, rural poor and minority schools across the nation. According to Diane Ravitch's book The Death and Life of the great American School System