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Let’s Leave NCLB Behind

January 2, 2009 – 12:14 pm

For Release January 4, 2009
Citiwire.net
By Curtis Johnson
The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law was much praised at the time of its passage in 2001, especially its ambitious goal to bring disadvantaged and minority school achievement into the mainstream. NCLB was seen as a rare example of bi-partisan federal policy making.
Yet now this [...]

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Paradigm Lost: Can Americans Change Course?

August 9, 2008 – 1:29 pm

For Release August 10, 2008
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By Curtis Johnson
An historic $14 trillion of public and personal debt, a fourth of America’s bridges deficient, more than a fourth of adults obese, and nearly half of the nation’s youth not prepared for a 21st century economy - what do these baleful effects have in common?
Each of these effects [...]

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