No Child Left Behind

Schools do improve – just not all of them at the same time

"...No Child Left Behind may be controversial, but school districts..."

Oct. 24, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

No Child Left Untested!

"...The Federal Rankings..."

Oct. 8, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Leave No Child Behind

In a an excerpt from their new book, Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose expose Bush's No Child Left Behind policy as an educational Enron.

"...You teach a child to read and he or her will be able..."

Oct. 3, 2003 News Feature by Louis Dubose

Left Behind

AISD moves to close Webb Middle School – and transfer the "merchandise"

"...reiterates. "In Argentina, if you don't come to school, nobody cares." The class laughs uproariously at this assessment. "Is..."

Feb. 16, 2007 News Feature by Michael May

Left Behind

God help us: Nic Cage is up against the Rapture.

"...Whether they know it or not, most movie lovers are probably big..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss

Children Left Behind – a Correction

"...attorney and the editor of a national journal on No Child Left Behind, I wanted to alert you to..."

Dec. 1, 2004 Postmarks

Some Reforms Left Behind

Lege looks to account for school accountability

"...absolute testing standards, while creating a two-tier educational system. Now the two committees are frantically drafting a revised version..."

April 3, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Interview: The Boy Behind the Door

David Charbonier and Justin Powell on their dark thriller

"...Child abduction is a bleak subject for a tense thriller..."

Sept. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas

Lester's Last Stand

"..."Lester's Last Stand: Behind the Tall Tales of Lester Bangs in Texas" is..."

March 7, 1997 Books Feature

The Things You Leave Behind

"...treasures and wrote a check for $150. Other sticks left one by one, scattering across Austin...."

Oct. 6, 1995 Arts Feature

Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference

Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people

"...Better known as ALEC, the group markets itself as "America's largest..."

Aug. 30, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

New Solo Performance Shows How Black Mothers Are Left Doubly Unprotected by the Constitution

Taji Senior's amendment puts the country’s foundational document on trial

"...Oh, she knows it's not there. She wants to be sure that..."

Aug. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Summer Fun: No Pressure; No Diamonds

Learning the facets of the AAA hotel inspector's trade

"...One is doing his best, despite tightly clasped hands, not to reveal the minor case of jitters that's taken..."

July 17, 2015 Chronolog Post by Kate X Messer

No Mercy

The case of James Allridge raises familiar questions about the Texas justice system

"...(after 20 years), or a death sentence. Allridge had no prior criminal record, but the jurors were not instructed..."

Aug. 20, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Personal Stories Behind Ben Is Back

Writer/director Peter Hedges on family, alcoholism, and going home

"...riddled with alcoholism. My mother was an active alcoholic, and left the family when I was 7."..."

Dec. 14, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brouhaha Below the Border No Simple Answers

"...automobile. Still an English vaudevillian trapped in a less-than-lucrative North American comedy circuit, Laurel has yet to begin the..."

Sept. 15, 1995 Arts Feature

Bad Medicine?

No Child Left Behind prescribed for Austin schools – although the cure may be worse than the illness

"...about and giggled. At a picnic table outside, Cheryl Knockless sat with her freshman son Brandon, waiting for the..."

Sept. 30, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

SXSWedu: Diane Ravitch Will Take the Stage

Leading testing critic joins Teach for America, NCLB architects

"...SXSWedu 2014 with education advocate Diane Ravitch, tech pioneer Nolan Bushnell, and former US Education Secretary Rod Paige, who..."

Nov. 20, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

A dim view of high-stakes testing at UT forum

"...of the less-than-flattering words used to describe the federal No Child Left Behind Act in a "town hall" meeting..."

Oct. 29, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

CNN Obama-Clinton Debate: The full transcript

Word for word, the whole shebang

"...Clinton of New York and Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at the University of..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Lee Nichols

The Secretary and the Reading Rainbow

SXSWedu puts Arne Duncan and LeVar Burton top of the class

"...SXSWedu 2012 is swinging for the bleachers, with the announcement that US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joins child..."

Jan. 11, 2012 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Education

Lots of Reform, No Money

"...also explain why Senate Educa­tion Committee Chair Florence Shapiro, R-Plano, shared the stage (well, the lieutenant governor's pressroom) on..."

May 8, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Life and Death of Schools

Educational warrior Diane Ravitch takes on the "school reform" movement

"...education reforms of the last two decades – from No Child Left Behind to high-stakes testing and the ongoing,..."

Sept. 28, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Who Killed Porter Middle School?

The evidence points to George W. Bush. But he wasn't alone.

"...died in Austin this week. The causes were definitely not natural...."

March 10, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

A Declaration of Independence

Zavala Elementary and Principal Sean Fox are succeeding at going their own way

"...Zavala Elementary. "It was a big deal," he said. "Normally, it's either candy or money."..."

May 9, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Children Left Behind..."

Dec. 3, 2004 Column

Page Two: President Know-Nothing

President Know-Nothing

"...to be commended for his commitment to public education. Not just for his "No Child Left Behind" campaign (meaning..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Column by Louis Black

The Hightower Report

Neil Bush Milks Cows; and Responding to Labor

"...NEIL BUSH MILKS COWS George W.'s No Child Left Behind program is being perverted into No..."

Dec. 1, 2006 News Column by Jim Hightower

The Death of Ben Brownlee

A Rockdale teenager's suicide raises questions about official protections for gay and transgendered kids

"...When Karen Johle arrived home from work on the afternoon of Tuesday, Nov. 18, her youngest son, 13-year-old Christopher..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...saying goes, it takes a village to raise a child. Yet between No Child Left Behind's culture of high-stakes..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

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