Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, wrote an op-ed for The Atlantic on the current state of public education in America. Some of the highlights of her column:
- No Child Left Behind has failed because it has caused schools to focus on compliance rather than innovation and achievement.
- The law has effectively halted the progress that had been made for the most disadvantaged students.
- The achievement gap between rich and low-income students has increased by 40 percent than the 1960s.
- Successful school districts implement evaluation methods that emphasize continuous improvement, not on reaching testing targets.
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