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Article: NCLB 'IF I WROTE THE LAW...'
- Article from:
- NEA Today
- Article date:
- October 1, 2009
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EDUCATORS EXPLAIN WHAT SHOULD BE KEPT AND WHAT SHOULD CHANGE IN 'NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND.'
On January 8, 2002, President George Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act, a 1,100-page, bipartisan overhaul of the largest federal education aid program. Originally launched in 1965 as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), it has been revised and renamed periodically ever since.
ESEA's purpose was to provide extra money for schools educating low-income students. The Bush version, however, ordered schools to meet extremely difficult requirements for student test scores or face escalating punishment.
"We expect every child to learn," said President Bush at the signing ceremony, "and you ...