History of IDEA
Jeannie Oakes, Founder and Former Director
Youth Voice in School Finance
NEW REPORT: Los Angeles' road to A-G for all
Without Dollars and Sense Powerpoint
Past Educational Opportunity Reports
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) act is a federal education law passed by Congress and signed by President George H.W. Bush in 2001. NCLB mandates increased accountability for schools, school districts, and states. The higher standards associated with this accountability are measured by testing public school students at various times in their schooling. NCLB also intends to increase the flexibility parents have in choosing the schools their children will attend. Critics of NCLB point to this increased standards-based testing as negatively affecting instructional quality, and they see NCLB as an incentive for states to lower standards. The bill's emphasis on math and science at the expense of other portions of an education curriculum is a further concern. IDEA research and analyses inform these ongoing controversies over how to best improve public education in California and local communities.
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