Deborah Meier has spent more than four decades working in public education. She has opinions about the U.S. educational system and advice for President Obama.
Sep 16th, 2008 | 0 comments
No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Podcast - Daily, Weekly, Monthly
No Child Left Behind has generated a massive amount of testing data. But is it useful in the classroom? Jay McClain, a principal in Fairfax County, VA, talks.
Nov 13th, 2007 | 0 comments
Podcast - One Little Snapshot
5th grade teacher Betsy Walter sees her students making progress – but often, tests required by No Child Left Behind tell a different story.
Nov 6th, 2007 | 0 comments
Podcast - Teachers at the Table
Maddie Fennell, the 2007 Nebraska Teacher of the Year, discusses how No Child Left Behind looks differently in Washington than it does in her Omaha classroom.
Oct 30th, 2007 | 0 comments
No Child Left Behind: Podcast - The Right Answer
Lynn Riggs, a science teacher, worries that students are learning how to give the right answers – at the cost of learning how to ask the right questions.
Oct 23rd, 2007 | 0 comments
Podcast - Honoring the Reality
Anthony Cody is a National Board Certified Teacher with 18 years of classroom experience under his belt. But he left the profession after NCLB was passed.
Oct 16th, 2007 | 0 comments
No Child Left Behind: Podcast - We Needed Something Radical
Michelle Evans was appalled by the conditions at her son’s middle school and so she changed them using a provision of No Child Left Behind.
Sep 25th, 2007 | 0 comments
No Child Left Behind: Podcast - The Political Will to Change
During Alan Bersin’s 7-year tenure as San Diego’s Superintendent of Schools he often found himself at the center of the controversy.
Sep 18th, 2007 | 0 comments
Podcast - Radical Reform in San Diego
San Diego's Keiller Middle School re-invented itself as a charter school, and for the first time in years, students are meeting the requirements of NCLB.
Sep 11th, 2007 | 0 comments
Podcast - Game Changer
Is No Child Left Behind truly holding states accountable for educating all children? Margaret Spellings responds to John Merrow's questions.
Sep 8th, 2007 | 0 comments
