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Many Children Left Behind
October 27, 2004
Theodore R. Sizer founder, Coalition of Essential Schools
Deborah Meier writer, education reformer
Monty Neill executive director, Nationall Center, Fair and Open Testing

Prominent educators discuss their new book Many Children Left Behind and how the No Child Left Behind Act is damaging children and schools.

No Child Left Behind purports to improve public schools, especially the way they serve poor children by enforcing a system of standards and accountability through high-stakes testing and sanctions. Deborah Meier, Monty Neill, and Ted Sizer contend that it is damaging children and schools. They propose alternatives to the current law to better achieve the ideal of a sound education for all children in their new book Many Children Left Behind.

Education
Achievement Gap | No Child Left Behind | Education Reform | Literacy & Testing
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Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
Poverty and Social Justice Challenges in the US: Part I
Marian Wright Edelman
00:44:48
Marian Wright Edelman, founder of the Children's Defense Fund, and Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America, discuss the social, economic, and educational challenges facing this country. New York Times columnist Bob Herbert moderates.
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00:55:00
Lecture Seventeen: "Arguing Affirmative Action"
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01:26:20
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Capitol Perspective: No Child Left Behind
Edward M. Kennedy
00:53:47
Ted Kennedy hosts a studio discussion on the topic of the "No Child Left Behind" federal education reform legislation.
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Publisher: Yale University Press (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 160 pages
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Binding: Paperback, 224 pages
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Binding: Paperback, 272 pages
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Binding: Hardcover, 256 pages
Image of One Kid at a Time: Big Lessons from a Small School (Series on School Reform)
Author: Ted Sizer, Tom Peters, Ted Sizer, Tom Peters, Eliot Levine
Publisher: Teachers College Press (2001)
Binding: Paperback, 170 pages
Image of In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and S tandardization
Author: Deborah Meier
Publisher: Beacon Press (2003)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
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Author: Deborah Meier
Publisher: Beacon Press (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 208 pages
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Author: Deborah Meier
Publisher: Beacon Press (2000)
Binding: Paperback, 104 pages
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Author: Theodore R. Sizer, Nancy Faust Sizer, Deborah Meier
Publisher: Beacon Press (2005)
Binding: Paperback, 187 pages
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