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No Child Left Behind 3rd Anniversary Show: Stories of Success - Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Time: 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET
Three years ago, the landmark No Child Left Behind Act was signed into law, and a new era in education began. With this historic legislation, America made a firm commitment to improve educational opportunities for every child, and to see that all--regardless of ethnicity, income, or background—have the chance to achieve high standards.
As the new law raised expectations for all children, it asked more of our education system. No Child Left Behind required states to set standards for student achievement. It required that every classroom have a highly qualified teacher. It mandated that states regularly measure student progress. It asked states to provide more information to parents, to compile information on student and school performance, and to make that information available to their citizens. And it required schools to focus, not on fads, but on teaching methods that really work.
Thanks to these improvements, No Child Left Behind is making a positive difference in the lives of millions of students. After just three years, there is clear evidence that No Child Left Behind is working.
Education News Parents Can Use has reported on these important changes every month, and January 2005 program will celebrate the law’s third anniversary by presenting videotaped success stories from past shows to help tell the story of how No Child Left Behind is changing the face of American education. Among the featured segments will be reports on:
- high-performing schools from Sterling, Virginia and New York City that were honored as No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools for narrowing of the achievement gap;
- the Toledo, Ohio school district for its early success implementing the Supplemental Services provision of No Child Left Behind;
- a conversation between Secretary Paige and Dr. Richard Carmona, the Surgeon General on the obesity crisis among today’s youth;
- Spokane Public Schools in Washington and their "Fit for the Future" initiative -- a standards-based, comprehensive health and fitness curriculum designed for students in grades one through ten;
- an elementary school from Silver Spring, Maryland which experienced a dramatic turnaround as a result of an emphasis on professional development, data analysis and parent involvement;
- the Vail School District, near Tucson, Arizona, which made a particular effort to identify children with learning challenges early, and to intervene right away;
- an Atlanta program that recruits and prepares teachers from business and the military, instead of the traditional route from colleges of education;
- a successful bullying intervention program at Spring Grove Intermediate School near York, Pennsylvania, and;
- the Prince Edward County, Virginia, schools, where, 50 years ago, African American students who walked out of their segregated schools to demand equal facilities – a case that became part of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education court decision -- the legal ancestor of the No Child Left Behind Act.
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