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.

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AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district" 

NBC News - "Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers" By Mike Hixenbaugh

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

The Washington Post - "Are states really trying to overcome the harmful legacy of No Child Left Behind?" by Valerie Strauss