As I mentioned before, The Education Trust is a pretty fair-minded pro NCLB organization. I follow them because even though I believe NCLB as implemented is bad, I also believe the ideas that sold the legislation are pretty close to the guides we need to improve the public school systems.
I got a press release from them today responding to a report released today by The Civil Right Project at Harvard University that is apparently very critical of NCLB. The report focuses on a "Graduation Rate Crisis" among Black, Hispanic/Latino and Native American people that it says provisions of NCLB obscures.
Now, I haven't read the report nor the response yet, but both organizations get some respect in my view. So. I'm finally going to go get my damn printer and keyboard. When I get back I'll read both and post the press releases and links to reports…I think I'll save my opinion for my first OSP post of the year. And both organizations get added to the Reality Checks link box.