Linda Darling-Hammond has an article in The Nation examining the No Child Left Behind Act and its upcoming reauthorization as well as potential improvements in the new bill. The article includes responses by author Pedro Noguera, National Urban League vice president Velma L. Cobb and senior NYU scholar Deborah Meier.
AFT Beth has a post on SES providers in Tennessee. John discusses the dichotomy of NAEP scores. He also reminds his readers that there’s a correlation between a child’s health and their ability to learn after a report that one in four children are without health insurance. (I don’t understand why a picture of four guys is attached to the post? -ed)
