August 2007
Schools, Teachers Work to Meet No Child Left Behind Goals
NewsHour education special correspondent John Merrow looked into how some teachers and school districts are handling the federal education law and states' execution of it in a three-part series:

Part I: School Districts Find Loopholes in No Child Left Behind (8/14/07)

Part II: Failing San Diego Schools Work to Meet Standards (8/15/07)

Part III: Teachers Grapple with Attaining Education Law's Goals (8/16/07)

Forum: House Education Committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., and ranking member Howard McKeon, R-Calif., answer questions about reauthorizing the law.

Forum: Three 2007 Teacher of the Year awardees answer questions about how No Child Left Behind has affected their classrooms.

Interactive Map and Podcasts: Uncover the NCLB "loopholes" in your state, examine a case study -- Illinois, and hear extended interview with U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings.

April 3, 2007
School Officials Debate Effectiveness of No Child Left Behind
President Bush's No Child Left Behind education law, passed in 2002 to help close the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students, is set to expire this year. Two education administrators discuss the law and give their views on its effectiveness.

March 21, 2007
Lawmakers Target Mandatory Testing in Education Law
News for Students: The amount of testing in public schools and whether it is replacing creative classes is being debated in the nation's capital as a growing number of school administrators and parents pressure lawmakers to come up with alternatives to President Bush's education policy.

August 30, 2006
States Struggle to Reach Teacher Qualification Goals
When signed into law in 2002, the No Child Left Behind Act required that teachers of all "core subject" areas be highly qualified by the end of the 2005-6 school year. A report released by the federal government in mid-August found that no state had achieved this goal.

June 21, 2006
North Carolina School Fears Losing Federal Funding
A report from Chapel Hill, N.C. looks at one elementary school that failed to meet reading requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act for low-income students last year and could lose federal Title I funding if the 2005-6 test scores fail to show an improvement.
-- from North Carolina Public Radio

March 23, 2006
New York School Caught on NCLB Failing Schools List
NewsHour special correspondent for education John Merrow visits a highly praised New York City school that, due to regulations under No Child Left Behind Law, isn't making the grade.

October 19, 2005
Nation's Math Scores Up, Reading Flat
New results from a national math and reading test show improvements in math, but none in reading, continuing the trend from before the implementation of the No Child Left Behind law -- President Bush's education initiative requiring states to test students annually as a prerequisite for receiving federal funds.

August 24, 2005
Connecticut Lawsuit Highlights Growing Opposition to Federal Law
Connecticut this week became the first state to sue the U.S. government over the No Child Left Behind law, saying the Department of Education has not supplied the necessary funds to implement the testing required by the federal education initiative.

Ray Suarez talks with Betty Sternberg, Connecticut commissioner of education, and Sandy Kress, former senior education adviser to President Bush, about state concerns and criticisms over No Child Left Behind.

Update:Connecticut Files Suit over No Child Left Behind

August 21, 2005
Number of Schools Failing to Meet Standards Likely to Jump
As students prepare to return to school and four years after the federal No Child Left Behind act was signed, administrators, teachers and elected officials in many states are struggling to keep up with increasing levels of performance required under the act.

May 5, 2005
Free Tutoring
John Merrow looks at how the No Child Left Behind law is affecting the growing number of free tutoring programs for students around the country.

April 14, 2005
No Child Left Behind Act
Educators in Utah have devised a new plan to improve school performance, one they say overrides the Bush administration's "flawed" No Child Left Behind Act.

April 7, 2005
Newsmaker: Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings discusses the forthcoming revisions to the No Child Left Behind law and the controversy over PBS' Postcards from Buster episode.

May 25, 2004
Gifted Education
John Merrow continues his series on the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act with a look at the law's effects on school programs for gifted students.

April 20, 2004
Testing Matthew
President Bush's education initiative No Child Left Behind introduced standardized testing to all American classrooms. John Merrow looks at the impact of the act on students in special-education classes.

March 15, 2004
School Rules
The Department of Education relaxed some of the new standards in the No Child Left Behind program Monday, as part of a series of steps to make the law more palatable in schoolrooms around the country. Gwen Ifill gets two perspectives on the relaxed rules.

Jan. 8, 2004
Reading, Writing and Politics
President Bush's No Child Left Behind education reform act passed with broad bipartisan support two years ago, but today many Democrats say the bill has not delivered what it promised. Two experts debate the merits of the act.

Nov. 13, 2003
Report Card
The Department of Education on Thursday released the latest test scores from the nation's fourth and eighth graders. Margaret Warner discusses the results, which show an improvement in students' understanding of math, with Education Week senior editor Lynn Olson.

Sept. 2, 2003
School Battle
John Merrow reports from Maine where some educators and legislators oppose the No Child Left Behind Act.

March 28, 2002
Testing Our Schools
Special education correspondent John Merrow reports on testing in schools.

Dec. 18, 2001
Education Reform
Gwen Ifill discusses the education reform bill recently passed by Congress with Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio).

Aug. 13, 2001
Education Reform
With congress in recess, what do education reform efforts look like from around the country?

June 15, 2001
Education Reform
The Senate passes the first major overhaul of the nation's education policy in 35 years, linking federal funding to academic achievement.

May 1, 2001
Debating Education Reform
The Senate opens debate on President Bush's efforts to increase federal education spending, testing and school choice.

Feb. 15, 2001
School Testing
Four experts discuss President Bush's proposal for required testing in schools.

Jan. 24, 2001
Sec. Rod Paige
The new Secretary of Education Rod Paige begins his work under President George W. Bush.

Aug. 28, 2000
Lagging Behind
Elizabeth Farnsworth examines two studies that point to weaknesses in American public education.