History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
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Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
Careful upgrade of No Child Left Behind needed
- 03-23-2010
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Editorial/Contra Costa Times
No Child Left Behind was one of the few truly bipartisan programs to come out of Washington in the past decade. It combined increased federal support for public K-12 schools, which Democrats supported, along with real accountability, which Republicans backed. The result was legislation in which Rep. George Miller, D-Martinez, played a large role in cooperation with the Bush administration. While the program has given some financial support to education, it was underfunded, it set unrealistic goals and has had too narrow a focus. The Obama administration is proposing some major changes to No Child Left Behind that could improve it, but it also raises some concerns. (more...)
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