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''NCLB at the Crossroads challenges all of us to think differently, and to do so with a sense of urgency, because our children cannot wait.''
-- Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
This important new work from Rebell and Wolff, authors of the groundbreaking volume Moving Every Child Ahead: From NCLB Hype to Meaningful Educational Opportunity, brings together the nation's leading researchers and thinkers in the field of educational equity to provide a range of provocative critiques that go well beyond what has already been said on the subject of No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Unlike most books, this one puts aside political rhetoric and quick-fix solutions to tackle the truly difficult questions about how to ensure meaningful educational opportunities for all children.
Accessible to a broad audience of educators, policymakers, and advocates, this authoritative volume:
* Assesses NCLB's contribution to closing our national achievement gap in the 7 years since its enactment.
* Provides concrete suggestions for important revisions and additions to NCLB.
* Features vital contributions to the discussion on educational equity, considering both within-school and out-of-school factors.
* Examines current debates surrounding NCLB's reauthorization, as well as the future direction of U.S. education research, policy, and practice....
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Over the past thirty-five years, federal courts have dramatically retreated from actively promoting school desegregation. In the meantime, state courts have taken up the mantle of promoting the vision of educational equity originally articulated in Brown v. Board of Education. Courts and Kids is the first detailed analysis of why the state courts have taken on this active role and how successful their efforts have been. Since 1973, litigants have challenged the constitutionality of education finance systems in forty-five states on the grounds that they deprive many poor and minority students of adequate access to a sound education. While the plaintiffs have won in the majority of these cases, the decisions are often branded “judicial activism”—a stigma that has reduced their impact. To counter the charge, Michael A. Rebell persuasively defends the courts’ authority and responsibility to pursue the goal of educational equity. He envisions their ideal role as supervisory, and in Courts and Kids he offers innovative recommendations on how the courts can collaborate with the executive and legislative branches to create a truly democratic educational system. ...
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