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Publication Date: January 2008
Publisher: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; National Review Online
Author(s): Michael J. Petrilli
Research Area: Education
Keywords: Education; No Child Left Behind; Public Schools
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
No Child Left Behind is putting pressure on teachers to focus on the needs of the worst-performing youngsters. Disadvantaged students' scores have been on the rise since NCLB while the scores of high achievers, though they haven’t fallen, are not much on the rise. The authors ask: How should we define “justice†in America’s public education system?