Beyond NCLB Hype: A New Agenda for the New Administration
Equity in Education Forum Series, Spring 2008
Teachers College, Columbia University
Featuring the work of Michael Rebell and Jessica Wolff who in their recently published book, Moving Every Child Ahead, argue that the important goals of the federal No Child Left Behind Act have been undermined by the impossible demand that 100% of America’s children reach required proficiency levels by 2014. Instead, they believe NCLB should be revised to require serious efforts to give all children a “meaningful educational opportunity” and offer Congress clear recommendations on how to do so.
Program Agenda
Presentation:
Michael A.
Rebell, Executive Director, The Campaign for
Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University
Discussants:
John H. Jennings, President & CEO, Center on Education
Policy
Thomas L. Rogers, Executive Director,
New York State Council of State Superintendents
Moderator:
Arlene
Ackerman, Incoming
Superintendent of the Philadelphia Public Schools & Christian A. Johnson
Professor of Outstanding Educational Practice, Teachers College, Columbia
University
Resources:
- Audio Podcast (Requires iTunes - free download)
- Michael A. Rebell & Jessica R. Wolff (2008), Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity, New York: Teachers College Press
- Tom Rogers PowerPoint Presentation
Published Friday, Oct. 8, 2010