What Public School Parents Want in a New Federal Education Law A Parents Across America Position Paper on the Reauthorization of the Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) – No Child Left Behind April, 2011 Introduction “What the best and wisest parent wants for his own child,
By Pamela Grundy September 2, 2011 American students are spending growing amounts of time preparing for and taking high-stakes standardized tests. The federal government requires students to take annual state tests in math, English, science and social studies. Some states and districts have gone even further, requiring standardized tests for
The United States cannot continue to ignore its widening income gap and increasing poverty rates if it truly wants to generate a healthy and socially productive future for its children. A recent analysis of U.S. census data revealed that the income gap between the richest and poorest Americans is the