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Last Monday, a panel of experts showered both criticism and praise on NCLB at a twoday symposium, "Examining America's Commitment to Closing Achievement Gaps-NCLB and Its Alternatives." Sponsored by the Campaign for Educational Equity and held on the campus of Columbia University Teachers College, the meeting brought together education experts from across the nation to discuss the law, passed in 2002.
"NCLB does not promote the use of the native language," said [Eugene Garcia], responding to questions as he sat on the conference's "Achievement Gap" panel where he was joined by the University of Maryland's Dr. Margaret J. McLaughlin and Dr. Michael Nettles of the Educational Testing Service.Nettles said he is satisfied in general with the direction of the president's reform efforts. "NCLB has been viewed as somewhat progressive," he said. Though Nettles and his peers agreed the program needed a lot of fine-tuning, particularly in areas of multicultural education, he said NCLB was an improvement over the educational policies of previous administrations as they relate to the achievement gap.See the full content of this document
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Experts Ponder No Child Left Behind
The verdict's still out on whether No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the Bush administration's educational policy, has improved education for historically disadvantaged students.
Last Monday, a panel of experts showered both cr...See the full content of this document
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