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Rethinking the Place of Children and Youth
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Schissel, Bernard; Schissel, Wendy – Education Canada, 2008
According to the annual United Nations declarations based on the Human Development Index (HDI), Canada remains one of the best places in the world in which to live. Ironically, this declaration of socio-economic superiority does not extend to the young people in the society. Although post-industrial societies like Canada and the United States may…
Descriptors: Child Health, Foreign Countries, Youth, Mass Media
High School Students' Perspectives on the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act's Definition of a Highly Qualified Teacher
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Garcia, Veronica – Harvard Educational Review, 2006
In this article, four urban high school students and their student leadership and social justice class advisor address the question, "What are high school students' perspectives on the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act's (NCLB) definition of a highly qualified teacher?" As the advisor to the course, Garcia challenged her students to examine…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High School Students, High Schools, Personal Narratives
Edison Is the Symptom, NCLB Is the Disease
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Campbell, Peter – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
Engaging students requires giving them a say in what they learn and how they will learn it. However, in strictly disciplined, rule-bound schools with test-driven curricula, this cannot happen. Edison Schools, Inc., a for-profit Education Management Organization (EMO), and Confluence Academy, an Edison-run school located in one of the most…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability
Assessing What Matters: Improving College Readiness 50 Years beyond "Brown"
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Katsinas, Stephen G.; Bush, V. Barbara – Community College Journal of Research & Practice, 2006
50 years after the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, a high-stakes testing movement, significantly boosted by provisions contained in No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, has emerged with the potential of both positive and negative implications. This paper argues that assessment generally is not tied to the 3 positive outcomes of…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Federal Legislation, Outcomes of Education, High Stakes Tests
A Special Section on Reading Research--Motivation and Commitment in the Interest of Science and Children
McCardle, Peggy; Chhabra, Vinita – Phi Delta Kappan, 2005
When the editors of The Voice of Evidence in Reading Research, Ms. McCardle and Ms. Chhabra, decided to edit a book and to invite authors to contribute to it, they wanted it to be a book for teachers. As stated in the first chapter, their motivation was to empower teachers to judge research worthiness for themselves. They feel that it is important…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Intervention, Identification, Reading Instruction
On the Front Line: Preparing Teachers with Struggling Schools in Mind
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Nelms, Ben F. – English Education, 2004
In the state of Florida, several of the principles of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) have been enacted earlier than at the federal level. For example, the Florida Comprehensive Achievement Test (FCAT) is required for all students through grade 10 and must be passed for promotion to grade 3 and for high school graduation. Schools are graded A through…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, High Risk Students, Outreach Programs, Teacher Education Programs