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No Child Left Behind Act Creates Testing-Industrial Complex and Punitive Accountability Regime

2002-01-08 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On January 8, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) into law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio, with bipartisan fanfare that masked the legislation’s deeply destructive effects on public education. Co-sponsored by Senator Ted Kennedy and …

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