The Hoff notes some new poll numbers that show some racial / ethnic differences in perceptions of No Child Left Behind:
Forty-one percent of blacks and 39 percent of Hispanics believe that NCLB has helped improve their schools. Only 21 percent of African-Americans and 23 percent of Hispanics say the law is hurting their schools. (The [...]
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NCLB this and that
NCLB Paranoia
Matt Yglesias has a smart post about how some people are too quick to succumb to paranoid interpretation of NCLB–that the 100 percent proficient target is a conspiracy to destroy public education. As he rightly points out, it’s a strange anti-public education conspiracy that counts Ted Kennedy and George Miller as enthusiastic members, but excludes [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/19/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on college graduation rates and the NCAA Tournament in the Detroit Free Press.
03/19/10 | Linda Perlstein links to Education Sector's "College- and Career-Ready" event.
03/17/10 | Ben Miller's column on graduation rates and NCAA Tournament eligibility is mentioned on The Wall Street Journal's The Daily Fix.
03/17/10 | Kevin Carey's critique of Diane Ravitch's latest book is quoted in Doublethink's Conventional Folly blog.
03/15/10 | Ben Miller pens an op-ed for US News & World Report on using graduation rates to determine NCAA Tournament eligibility.