Tuesday, February 6, 2007
Historical Literature
In finding literature on NCLB, there is not an abudance of recent material. I am finding it to be important to look more closely at previous legislation in history adressing the achievement gap to help explain why the NCLB act emerged. The hesitation to fulfill the Brown v. Board of Education could be a contributing factor to the prolonged problem of the achievement gap between white and minority students. I am afraid that is could turn into another area where a book could be formed:) I do not want to take on too much seeing as that there is only one semester to complete this. I think the best approach is to touch on it briefly in the literature review when reflecting on previous government efforts to adress the achievement gap in education.
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I think that NCLB has an historic relation to the 1983 report "A Nation at Risk" and then of the standards-based reform movement of the following two decades. Historically, you should look at the circumstances of the first authorization of the ESEA and see what has changed in the act and what has changed in the context. You're right, though, that the "achievement gap" in education is too big a topic.
I'd have to agree with both you and Bill on that one...I think there are so many factors that play into the achievement gap that its too much to look into in one semester. But I'll look for your book on it in a couple years :)
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