16:1 - Education, Teaching, & Learning Left Behind
No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB.
Sources:
AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district"
Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind
Wikipedia - Every Student Succeeds Act
NPR - "No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't" by Cory Turner
Understood - "What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?" by By Andrew M.I. Lee, JD
Vox - "The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind" by Libby Nelson
The Washington Post - "‘No Child Left Behind’ has failed" by Lily Eskelsen García and Otha Thornton