Education Reform: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND? 1
Education Reform: NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND?
Jackie McDonald
Lone Star College – University Park
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NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND 2
Abstract
In today’s global economy, a high quality education is not only a path to success – it is now
prerequisite for it. Because, economic progress and educational achievement are directly linked,
educating American students to graduate from high school, prepare for college and a career is
imperative. The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is the most recent iteration of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), the major federal law authorizing
