Education Policy Blueprint

The No Child Left Behind Act has been a controversial portion of education law in the U.S. (for a thorough overview of the act, see this Congressional Research Service PDF). The Obama Administration has proposed making some changes in response to the criticisms the legislation has received.

Those proposals are contained in a "blueprint" document that can be found here. From the introduction:

This blueprint builds on the significant reforms already made in response to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 around four areas: (1) Improving teacher and principal effectiveness to ensure that every classroom has a great teacher and every school has a great leader; (2) Providing information to families to help them evaluate and improve their children’s schools, and to educators to help them improve their students’ learning; (3) Implementing college- and career-ready standards and developing improved assessments aligned with those standards; and (4) Improving student learning and achievement in America’s lowest-performing schools by providing intensive support and effective interventions.

Students looking for further research can search the Mason Libraries catalog, or see an extensive list of resources provided by the PBS program Frontline here.