No Child Left Behind

This Merrill/Prentice Hall Student Enrichment Series guide examines t e' No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 and its effect on the education of students in America's public schools. This law is a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary School Act and represents a very significant expansion of the federal government into education. The goal is to acquaint readers with NCLB. This guide describes the legal structure of NCLB. No Child Left Behind is a massive and complex law that consists of more than 1,000 pages of statutes and regulations. The purpose of the law, with special attention to those sections of the law that are most relevant to schools, is addressed. Important principles of the law relevant to states, school districts, and schools are reviewed, but a comprehensive examination of NCLB is beyond the scope of this guide. For readers seeking more information, additional resources throughout each section are provided. For readers to gain a thorough understanding of this very important law, they need to know how their state addresses and applies NCLB's requirements. Each state will have its own unique ways of addressing the requirements of the law. Discussion questions throughout each section require the reader to seek information about their state's interpretation of NLCB.Yell, Mitchell is the author of 'No Child Left Behind', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131708594 and ISBN 0131708597.