Recent Media Coverage
No Child Left Behind
- How To Fix No Child Left Behind
Time, 4 June 2007 - How Nebraska Leaves No Child Behind
Time, 30 May 2007 - NCLB Seen a Damper on Bilingual Programs
Education Week, 9 May 2007 - Walberg Vows to Educators Not to Support No Child Left Behind
Jackson Citizen-Patriot (MI), 1 May 2007 - Whatever Happened to 'Multiple Measures'?
Title I Monitor, May 2007 - State's Marks Mixed: Measurements Cause Confusion
Worcester Telegram & Gazette (MA), 30 April 2007 - Woolsey, Educators Criticize No Child Left Behind
Marin Independent Journal, 28 April 2007 - Hillary Clinton Critical of NCLB Before State Teachers' Union
Education Week, 27 April 2007 - Key Initiative of 'No Child' Under Federal Investigation
Washington Post, 21 April 2007 - Debate Heats Up Over No Child Law
Detroit News, 20 April 2007 - Fairfax Schools Concede on Testing
Washington Post, 19 April 2007 - GOP Joins the No Child Left Behind Skeptics
Sacramento Bee, 18 April 2007 - Grijalva: No Child Hurts English Learners
Arizona Daily Star, 15 April 2007 - Battle Grows Over Renewing Landmark Education Law
New York Times, 7 April 2007 - Language Barrier: English-Only Testing in California
Monterey County Weekly (CA), 5 April 2007 - Top U.S. Education Official Touts English Requirements
Associated Press, 3 April 2007 - Putting Assessments to the Test
Washington Post, 26 March 2007 - Fixing No Child Left Behind Requires Flexibility
Worldwide Faith News, 16 March 2007 - DeMint: Overhaul No Child Left Behind
Beaufort Gazette (SC), 16 March 2007 - Va. Educators Back Cantor on No Child Left Behind
Richmond Times-Dispatch, 16 March 2007 - GOP Bills Would Relax Test Requirements of 'No Child' Law
Washington Post, 16 March 2007 - Lawmakers Demand Changes to No Child Left Behind Law
Associated Press, 15 March 2007 - Dozens in GOP Turn Against Bush's Prized 'No Child' Act
Washington Post, 15 March 2007 - 'No Child' Target Is Called Out of Reach
Washington Post, 14 March 2007 - Bush Claims about NCLB Questioned
Education Week, 9 March 2007 - In War Over Teaching Reading, a U.S.-Local Clash
New York Times, 9 March 2007 - No Child Left Behind Law Gets Low Marks from Superintendents
Racine Journal Times (WI), 9 March 2007 - Educators: Children Being Left Behind
Daily Local News (PA), 6 March 2007 - Educators Rap 'No Child Left Behind'
Fort Smith Times Record (AR), 6 March 2007 - 'Educational Triage': Rockville School Raises Questions of Test-Prep Ethics
Washington Post, 4 March 2007 - Some Children Left Behind?
Kingston Daily Freeman (NY), 4 March 2007 - Fairfax Schools Could Lose Millions for Defying 'No Child'
Washington Post, 23 February 2007 - High-Immigrant Schools Pan NCLB Rule
Associated Press, 20 February 2007 - Teachers Protest No Child Left Behind
La Crosse Tribune, 20 February 2007 - Tougher Standards Urged for Federal Education Law
New York Times, 14 February 2007 - Kids Hurt by NCLB
Associated Press, 11 February 2007 - Federal Evaluations Create Goals and Frustration
Daily Pilot (CA), 10 February 2007 - Will Loudoun Buck Federal No Child Left Behind Rules?
Leesburg Today (VA), 8 February 2007 - President's Budget Seeks Help for High Schools, But Again Targets Many Cuts
Education Week, 5 February 2007 - Principals Keep Wary Eye on U.S. Edict
The Ledger (FL), 4 February 2007 - House Challenges Federal No Child Act
News Leader (VA), 1 February 2007 - Senate Committee Debates Bill Exempting AZ from No Child Left Behind Act
Tucson Citizen, 1 February 2007 - Tussle Over English-Language Learners
Education Week, 31 January 2007 - Michigan Lawmakers Take on No Child Left Behind Overhaul
Booth Newspapers (MI), 30 January 2007 - U.S. Rejects State Request on Testing; Va. House Panel Clears 'No Child' Suits
Washington Post, 30 January 2007- Letters to the Editor, by a Fairfax County School Board Member and by James Crawford (unpublished)
- Fairfax Resists 'No Child' Provision
Washington Post, 26 January 2007 - Bush Proposes Adding Private School Vouchers to 'No Child' Law
Washington Post, 25 January 2007 - States Adopt New Tests for English-Learners
Education Week, 24 January 2007 - Schools Cry Foul on Testing English-Learners for No Child Left Behind
Times Herald-Record (NY), 19 January 2007 - Andrews: Change No Child Left Behind Act
Philadelphia Inquirer, 17 January 2007 - California at Odds with Feds over No Child Left Behind Law
Associated Press, 16 January 2007 - Fairfax vs. 'No Child' Standoff Heats Up
Washington Post, 11 January 2007 - Democrats Push for Changes to No Child Left Behind Law
New York Times, 9 January 2007 - Educators Feeling Left Behind
Cleveland Plain Dealer, 9 January 2007 - 'No Child' Law Is Called 'Beyond Repair'
Salt Lake Tribune, 9 January 2007 - How Bush Education Law Has Changed Our Schools
USA Today, 8 January 2007 - Groups Team up in Fight To Change Education Law
Danbury News-Times, 8 January 2007 - Pupils Still Far Behind Despite Law
Chicago Tribune, 7 January 2007 - No Child Left Behind Act Flawed But Likely To Stay
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA), 6 January 2007 - Schools' Special Burden: Law Unbending on English Proficiency
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA), 5 January 2007 - Many Still Left Behind: Student Scores Rise Yet Test Gaps Persist
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA), 4 January 2007 - 'No Child' Law on Track, Spellings Says
Washington Post, 4 January 2007 - Make-or-Break Testing for Immigrants in NY
New York Times, 27 December 2006 - New Congress Looking To Improve, Not Abandon, No Child Left Behind
Gannett News Service, 26 December 2006 - No Child Left Behind Could Be Left Behind If Opponents Prevail
Media General News Service, 25 December 2006 - U.S. Rebuffs N.Y., Va. on English-Language Learners
Education Week, 20 December 2006 - No Child Left Behind Applied Behind Bars
Baltimore Sun, 9 December 2006 - No Child Left Behind Is Forcing Teachers To Change the Way They Teach
KNHL (Honolulu), 30 November 2006 - Schools Slow in Closing Gaps Between Races
New York Times, 20 November 2006- Letters to the Editor, 24 November
- Reacting to Reviews, States Cut Portfolio Assessments for ELL Students
Education Week, 15 November 2006 - Democratic Majority To Put Education Policy on Agenda
Education Week, 15 November 2006 - ED Ignored Early Warnings on Reading First Conflicts, Report Says
Title 1 Online, 30 October 2006 - Former Reading First Director Draws Fire – and Defenders
Title 1 Online, 30 October 2006 - Va. Educators Decry Ruling on Tests for ESL Students
Washington Post, 29 October 2006 - Backlash Builds Over High-Stakes Testing
Washington Post, 23 October 2006 - No Child Left Behind Needs Surgery
Jim Ray, The State (Columbia, SC), 22 October 2006 - Bush Family Profits from 'No Child' Act
Los Angeles Times, 22 October 2006 - Rationing Education
Jennifer Booher-Jennings, Washington Post, 5 October 2006 - New English Testing Rule Sets Up Immigrants To Fail, New York Teachers Say
Journal News , 1 October 2006 - Billions for Inside Game on Reading
Washington Post, 1 October 2006 - Report Says E.D. Officials Violated Rules
New York Times, 23 September 2006 - Left Behind by 'Reformers'
Juan González, New York Daily News, 27 September 2006 - Many Children Still Left Behind
Editorial, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 September 2006 - Expectations + Rigor = Promising Results
Margaret Spellings, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 September 2006 - Spellings Issues Final Regulations for Testing of English-Learners
Education Week, 20 September 2006 - Letter to the New York Times
James Crawford and Stephen Krashen, 15 September 2006 - Feds Offer States 'Flexibility' in Testing Limited-English Students
Associated Press, 13 September 2006 - Education Secretary Defends School Law
Associated Press, 30 August 2006 - Reading First Under Fire: IG Targets Conflicts of Interest
Title 1 Online, 26 August 2005 - When Research Goes to Market, Is It a Good Thing for Education?
Title 1 Online, 25 August 2005
Bilingual Education
- N.J. Bucks Tide on Reading for English-Learners
Education Week, 10 January 2007 - Guides Avoid Bilingual Issue
Education Week, 8 November 2006 - Bilingual Pupils Do Better in Exams, Study Finds
The Independent (UK), 31 October 2006
English Only
- English Is Declared Official Language in Davidson
Winston-Salem Journal, 15 November 2006 - Initiatives Curbing Immigrant Rights Win Majorities
Arizona Republic, 9 November 2006 - 'Official English' Wouldn't Alter Much
Arizona Republic, 27 October 2006 - Xenophobia: Official English Undermines Effort to Inform Voters
Salt Lake Tribune, 22 June 2006 - English Only at Philly Cheesesteak Joint
Associated Press, 8 June 2006 - It's Liberty, Not Language, That Unites A Nation
Miami Herald, 22 May 2006 - In Language Bill, the Language Counts
New York Times, 21 May 2006 - No más in the Senate
Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2006 - Press One for English
New York Times, 20 May 2006 - English Language Debate Renews Questions
Associated Press, 20 May 2006 - Lingua America
Boston Globe, 20 May 2006
Language Policy
Etc.
- In Study, Bilingual Brains Stay Sharp Longer
Sacramento Bee, 7 February 2007 - Speaking Two Tongues Helps Lick Dementia, Study Finds
Toronto Globe and Mail, 12 January 2007
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