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Save to My PortfolioA New Approach to K-12 Education Reform

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, February 06, 2012, Education Next

A New Approach to K-12 Education ReformRuss Whitehurst argues that a fundamentally new approach to education reform is needed if the government wants to achieve true equity. He proposes to reform the nation’s schools on the basis of two principles that have served the nation exceedingly well throughout its history: federalism and choice. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, School Choice, School Vouchers

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Save to My PortfolioObama Administration Guts No Child Left Behind

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, September 23, 2011, The Brookings Institution

Obama Administration Guts No Child Left BehindGrover J. Whitehurst examines the details of the Obama administration's intention to use waivers to allow states to sidestep the requirements of No Child Left Behind, and argues that this use of standard secretarial waiver authority will prove to be counterproductive and will set a dangerous precedent. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, K-12 Education, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Congress

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Save to My PortfolioPresident Obama Rewrites the No Child Left Behind Act

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, August 08, 2011, The Brookings Institution

President Obama Rewrites the No Child Left Behind ActGrover J. Whitehurst discusses the White House's announcement on No Child Left Behind waivers, arguing that while schools are being over-identified as requiring intervention, the administration is using waivers in an unprecedented manner to rewrite the act. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Politics, K-12 Education

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Save to My PortfolioIs "No Child Left Behind" Working?: A View from the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, March 24, 2010, The Brookings Institution

Is The release of the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress reading scores will spur significant discussion about whether No Child Left Behind is working. Brown Center Director Russ Whitehurst writes that the NAEP results, on their own, are not strong indicators of NCLB’s effectiveness. Rather, Whitehurst argues for deeper research to uncover what works and what doesn't. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, K-12 Education, U.S. Department of Education

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Save to My PortfolioIs Education on the Wrong Track?

Diane Ravitch and Ben Wildavsky, March 18, 2010, The New Republic

In a March 2010 education symposium held by The New Republic, Diane Ravitch and Ben Wildavsky argue for and against, respectively, market-based school reform on the bases of school choice and accountability. Ravitch contends that the current education reform "consensus" ignores teachers, whereas Wildavsky claims that Ravitch misunderstands the roles of teacher professionalism, charter schools and bipartisanship in education. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, School Choice, Charter Schools

RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY

Save to My PortfolioEducation's Tea Partier

Ben Wildavsky, March 15, 2010, The New Republic

In a review of Diane Ravitch’s The Death and Life of the Great American School System, Ben Wildavsky writes that although Ravitch offers some useful insights into the inadequacies of education reform efforts to date, she ultimately fails to make the case that the central philosophies governing today’s bipartisan reform movement - test-based accountability and school choice - have undermined teaching, learning and content. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, School Choice, Charter Schools

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Save to My PortfolioBudget 2011: Funding for the Department of Education

Alan Berube, February 2010, The Brookings Institution

Budget 2011: Funding for the Department of EducationIn a FY 2011 budget that freezes non-defense discretionary expenditures, the Department of Education has attracted some attention for being one of the few places in the federal government that would attract an increase in funding if the plan is enacted. Read More

Education, Federal Budget, No Child Left Behind, U.S. Department of Education, Growth through Innovation

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Save to My PortfolioSmart Child Left Behind

Tom Loveless and Michael J. Petrilli , August 28, 2009, The New York Times

According to a recent study, No Child Left Behind is having its intended effect—bettering the performance of low-achieving students—and also raising test scores for top students. However, Tom Loveless and Michael Petrilli find this latter conclusion flawed because state tests are poor measurements for high achieving students; the study’s depicted state trends create a misleading national picture; and the analysis does not compare today’s students with those of earlier eras. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education

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Save to My PortfolioThe 2008 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?

Tom Loveless, February 25, 2009, The Brookings Institution

The 2008 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are American Students Learning?In the 2008 Brown Center Report on American Education, Tom Loveless closely examines the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), student achievement in the nation's largest urban school districts, and the trend of placing unprepared eighth-graders into algebra and other advanced math classes. Read More

Education, K-12 Education, No Child Left Behind

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Save to My PortfolioReading Second

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst, February 2009, The Brookings Institution

Reading SecondFormer President George W. Bush finished his tenure without having won congressional renewal of his No Child Left Behind (NCLB) policy. With President Barack Obama now at the helm, NCLB is up for debate. Brown Center Director Russ Whitehurst examines Reading First, a key component of NCLB, that aims to ensure that all children learn to read well by the end of third grade. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education

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Save to My PortfolioHigh-Achieving Students in the Era of No Child Left Behind

Tom Loveless, June 18, 2008, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Tom Loveless offers an analysis on the achievement trends for high-achieving students (defined, like low-achieving students, by their performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP) since the early 1990s and, in more detail, since 2000. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioStandards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for No Child Left Behind

Monday, October 22, 2007
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

Reuters/Jason ReedAt an event hosted by the Brown Center on Education Policy, authors of a new volume examined whether No Child Left Behind is enhancing educational opportunities for our most disadvantaged students. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, K-12 Education, Teachers

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Save to My PortfolioGet Congress Out of the Classroom

Diane Ravitch, October 03, 2007, The New York Times

Despite the rosy claims of the Bush administration, the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002 is fundamentally flawed, says Diane Ravitch. The main goal of the law — that all children in the United States will be proficient in reading and mathematics by 2014 — is simply unattainable. Read More

No Child Left Behind, Education, U.S. Politics, K-12 Education

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Save to My PortfolioExcellence in the Classroom: Improving the Quality of Teaching in America's Schools

Wednesday, March 28, 2007
9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Washington, DC

The Brookings Institution and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School released the latest volume of The Future of Children journal, "Excellence in the Classroom," discussing options for improving teacher quality. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind

PAST EVENT

Save to My PortfolioThe 2006 Brown Center Report on American Education: How Well Are Our Students Learning?

Wednesday, October 18, 2006
10:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Washington, DC

The Brown Center released its 2006 Report on American Education at an event. The report examines whether states are artificially inflating the number of students meeting proficiency standards mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act. Read More

Education, No Child Left Behind, K-12 Education

In Brief

The federal No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) aims to improve the performance of U.S. primary and secondary schools by requiring states to adopt comprehensive accountability systems for identifying and improving underperforming schools. Its overarching goal is to bring U.S. students to math and reading proficiency by 2014. Reauthorization of the law is pending in Congress, with members of both parties asking questions about its cost and accomplishments to date.

Featured Experts

Tom Loveless

Tom Loveless

Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

Tom Loveless, a former sixth-grade teacher and Harvard public policy professor, is an expert on student achievement, education policy, and reform in K-12 schools. He also is a member of the National Math Advisory Panel.


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Diane Ravitch

Diane Ravitch

Nonresident Senior Fellow, Governance Studies

An education historian and former assistant secretary of education for research, Diane Ravitch specializes in education policy issues such as standards and testing, and the governance of education. She recently wrote The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education.
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Grover J.

Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst

Director, Brown Center on Education Policy
The Herman and George R. Brown Chair

Russ Whitehurst, the former director of the Institute of Education Sciences within the U.S. Department of Education, is an expert on reading, teacher quality, student assessment, learning and instruction, education technology, and preschool programs.
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