nclb

No Child Left Behind was the dominant topic in educational policy circles for much of the early and mid 2000s. The legislation, enacted by Congress under the G.W. Bush administration, created a chaotic tangle of testing, accountability, credentialing, and training for public school educators in the United States. Join Kate and Chelsea as they discuss the lasting legacy of NCLB.

Sources:

AP News - "Holocaust novel ‘Maus’ banned in Tennessee school district" 

NBC News - "Banned: Books on race and sexuality are disappearing from Texas schools in record numbers" By Mike Hixenbaugh

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Wikipedia - Every Student Succeeds Act

NPR - "No Child Left Behind: What Worked, What Didn't" by Cory Turner

Understood - "What is No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?" by By Andrew M.I. Lee, JD

Vox - "The scariest lesson of No Child Left Behind" by Libby Nelson

The Washington Post - "‘No Child Left Behind’ has failed" by Lily Eskelsen García and Otha Thornton

The Washington Post - "Are states really trying to overcome the harmful legacy of No Child Left Behind?" by Valerie Strauss

Happy April Fool's Day! This episode is all about teacher evaluation systems. Chelsea shares about the history of No Child Left Behind and its evolution into the Every Student Succeeds Act, both of which place focus on teacher evaluations. Katie shares what evaluation cycles look like in Ohio and provides Chelsea handouts of data used to assign her rating each year. Your hosts share what they learned this week, including making a delicious meal and being reminded that the Suez Canal exists and is very important to our economy. The good news? The boat is free!

Ohio Educator Evaluator System

NEA - Teacher Evaluations under ESSA

Department of Education - NCLB

NCES - Teacher Performance Evaluations in US Public Schools

Wikipedia - No Child Left Behind

Ed Glossary - Value-Added