No Child Left Behind & Education Funding

2008-2009

• Funding for Education in the Economic Recovery Bill - 2/17/09
• No Child Left Behind Funding Gets Big Increase in House Stimulus Bill - 2/2/09
• LCCR Calls on Presidential Candidates to Lead on Education Reform and Support School Accountability - Press Release - 07/14/08
• Experts Want Graduation Rate Accountability in No Child Left Behind - 01/30/08

2007

• Education Experts Testify on Closing the Achievement Gap, NCLB Reauthorization - 03/22/07
• Reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act with More Funding, Better Enforcement, and Additional Supports for Struggling Schools - Advocacy Letter - 03/13/07
• Bipartisan Commission Releases Report on No Child Left Behind - 02/21/07
• Beyond NCLB: Fulfilling the Promise to Our Nation's Children - Report - The Aspen Institute - 2/13/07

2006

• In Education, What Is the True Measure for Success? - 11/08/06
• Growth and Disparity: A Decade of U.S. Public School Construction (pdf) - Report - Building Education Success Together - 11/01/06
• The Fordham Report 2006: How Well Are States Educating Our Neediest Children? - Report - Thomas B. Fordham Foundation - 11/01/06
• Days of Reckoning: Are States and the Federal Government Up to the Challenge of Ensuring A Qualified Teacher for Every Student? (pdf) - Report - Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights - 07/06/06
• No Child Left Behind: National Assessment of Title I: Interim Report to Congress - Report - U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences - 04/12/06  
• Bipartisan Commission to Offer Recommendations on No Child Left Behind Act - 02/15/06
• Inspiring Vision, Disappointing Results: Four Studies on Implementing the No Child Left Behind Act (pdf) - Report - Harvard Civil Rights Project - 02/09/06

2004-2005

• Op-Ed: Good News in Public Education - 7/25/05
• Choosing Better Schools: A Report on Student Transfers Under the No Child Left Behind Act (pdf) - Report - Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights - 05/01/05
• New Studies Analyze 'No Child Left Behind' - 4/12/05
• Open to the Public: Speaking Out on "No Child Left Behind" (pdf) - Report - Public Education Network - 03/16/05
• Public Schools Struggle to Meet 'No Child Left Behind' Transfer Requirements - 8/26/04 
• Education Lawsuits Succeeding With 'No Child Left Behind' Data - 7/8/04
• Report: 'No Child Left Behind' Obscures Crisis in Graduation Rates - 03/09/04
• No Child Left Behind: A Federal-, State- and District- Level Look at the First Year - Report - Harvard University - 02/06/04
• Civil Rights Coalition Denounces Passage of D.C. School Voucher Program, Promises Oversight - Press Release - 1/22/04

2003 and Earlier

• Support Increased Education Funding in LHHS-ED - Advocacy Letter - 09/03/03
• Voucher Veneer: The Deeper Agenda to Privatize Public Education - Report - People For the American Way Foundation - July 2003
• LCCR Marks Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Ruling by Calling for Passage of a Student Bill of Rights - Press Release - 05/20/03
• Budget Plans Interfere with Promises of "No Child Left Behind" - 03/18/03
• Administration Defaults on Promise to Leave No Child Behind - 01/08/03
• No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference (pdf) - Report - Department of Education - 10/08/02
• Down with Public and Up With Private: Supreme Court Rules Cleveland Vouchers Constitutional - 07/01/02
• Jeffords Unveils Education Funding Initiative at LCCR National Board Meeting - 05/08/02
• Bush Seeks Rise in School Aid for Poor, Disabled - 01/30/02
• California Schools Still Show Educational Disparities - 01/17/02  
• Title I in Midstream: The Fight to Improve Schools For Poor Kids - Report - CCCR - 01/01/98