The Promotion of No Child Left Behind

Earlier this month, the United States Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA).  
This act of congress was presented to President Obama, who signed it into law.  

This now brings an end to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) federal legislation, approved by congress and signed into law by President W. Bush which was the standard of education from January 2002 to December 2015.

There are many questions that are worth looking back on with regard to No Child Left Behind.  

Was NCLB a success or a failure? To ask this another way: Does NCLB merit a pass or fail?  Perhaps a letter grade would be more accurate to rate this policy that was in effect for 13 years?  Did NCLB meet its own standard of achievement?  

These make for great educational policy discussion and further analysis.  How did the United States approach education at the turn of the millennium and set its course at the beginning of the 21st century.

No Child Left Behind established an era of education accountability through standards, testing, and by providing the public with information on student and school performance.  

NCLB took effect during difficult times following the September 11 attack.  This caused a significant impact in American life and also in education.  

Further along the time of NCLB, the recession, a near economic collapse, took place, also causing a significant impact in American life and education.  

After guiding U.S. education for over a decade, NCLB had to be changed, needed to be replaced, made a significant impact on American life and education.



Manuel R. CortezRodas - Chief Educator/Founder

Copyright 2015.  MRCR Educational Consulting Firm.  All Rights Reserved.

December 2015

We have arrived at the end of 2015.  It is December 2015, and we have reached the end of the year.

This year MRCR Education had the honor of participating in the last San Francisco Bay Area STEAM Education Colloquium and the California Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) Framework Review.

The "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) era came to an end, while the California Assessment of Student Progress and Performance (CAASPP) was implemented.

2015 also brings about the 5 year anniversary of MRCR Education.  An idea that began with the purpose of providing educational services for the public and individual support to students.

Over the last 5 years I have had the pleasure of collaborating with a great group of students, parents, teachers, administrators, and community and education leaders.

By making education a priority we are able to provide pathways for future generations to follow and trail-blaze.

Education prepares us for the challenges that we face later in life and go beyond college and career.  The principles of humanity: Family, Society, Leadership.



Manuel R. CortezRodas - Chief Educator/Founder

Copyright 2015.  MRCR Educational Consulting Firm.  All Rights Reserved.