It’s common consensus in the business world that mixing high expectations with low control is a recipe for toxic job stress. Is the federal education law No Child Left Behind (NCLB) having the same effect on the education “industry’s” workforce?
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Campus Footnotes
Like many other ills that afflict society, it now appears that the so-called “achievement gap” between white and black students is also a byproduct of secular progressive policies.
Day of Silence Returns
Every year pro-homosexual students around the nation hijack public schools for the day by remaining silent, refusing to participate in class.
Revising History California Style
Since textbook publishers tailor every title for the California sales that they cannot live without, the latest effort by the Golden State to flavor historical knowledge with sensitivity training may go national.
Negligent Nanny State
The state government of California fails the foster children it assumes responsibility for by, among other things, forcing them through California’s public schools.
Phonics Betrayed
If you thought the reading wars were over, think again.
MLA Guide to Remedial Writing
One-third of college students need remedial coursework, teaching associate John Dunn told the crowd at the annual meeting of the Modern Language Association (MLA) late last year.
NCLB Birthday Bashed
Five can be a difficult birthday. Just ask the architects of President Bush’s landmark federal law, No Child Left Behind, which turned five on January 8th.
NCLB Trifecta
The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) recently asked strategically located scholars to assess No Child Left Behind in California, New Jersey, and Colorado.
Common Ground
Believe it or not, there is a trio of trends in higher education that both left- and right-wing critics of academe are alarmed by.