More Schools Faltering Under Strictures of No Child Left Behind Act

Under No Child law, even solid schools falter, NYT, 10/13/08, at A1

-more schools failed to meet federal law's testing targets last year than ever before

States Disguise School Dropout Rates to Attempt to Comply with No Child Left Behind Act

See "States' inflated data obscure epidemic of school dropouts," NYT, 3/20/08, at A1

-common in many states including Miss., California, and Washington-2 sets of books
-only about 70% true graduation rate among 1 million students who start 9th grade

NYC High School Must Take Back Teen Who Terrorized School Under Special Education Law

See "School in fear of terror teen," NYP, 3/2/08, at 11

-teen at Murrow HS suspended six times for bullying and fighting ordered to be returned under NCLB

NYCDOE Faces Soaring NCLB Costs to Grade Mandatory Standardized Tests

See "$32M to grade 500,000 tests," NYDN, at 15

-discussing tripling of costs to NYCDOE to have certified teachers grade all 3-8 standardized tests as unfunded mandate

Sixth Circuit Revives NEA Challenge to NCLB as Unfunded Mandate by Fed Government

Check out "Court Revives Lawsuit Against Federal Education Law," NYT, 1/8/08, at A18

No Child Left Behind Act Unlikely to Be Reauthorized

Check out this NYT article reporting that the controversial No Child Left Behind Act may not be reauthorized in 2008...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/06/washington/06child.html?ex=1352091600&en=ea990cb4014d7432&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

NYC Public Schools to Get Graded on A-F Scale

Check out this NYT article about the NYCDOE's agenda to give a report card to each of its schools...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/education/04reportcard.html?ex=1351918800&en=c87aec1339e9eecf&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Does NCLB provide a defense against school resegregation in Alabama?

Check out this NY Times article discussing the No Child Left Behind Act as a potential defense to a plan effectively resegregating the public schools in Tuscaloosa, Alabama...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/17/education/17schools.html?ex=1347768000&en=

The End of the No Child Left Behind Act?

Check out this link about the possibility of the No Child Left Behind Act not being reauthorized...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/11/education/11child.html?ex=1347163200&en=ead75c149f298961&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

Possible Changes to the No Child Left Behind Act?

Check out
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/adjunctprofs/2007/08/possible-change.html
for possible changes coming to the No Child Left Behind Act.