Publications
No Child Left Behind: What Will it Take?
Mark D. Reckase , Billie J. Orr , Matthew Gandal , Lisa Graham Keegan / February 1, 2002
Just one month after President Bush signed the politics-governance Act into law, a provocative set of expert papers commissioned by the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation explores the legislation's key features: it's testing and accountability provisions. The papers identify the questions left unresolved by Congress and the many hurdles facing the U.S. Education Department and states, districts, and schools as they try to make this ambitious law a reality. The papers also offer suggestions for clearing those hurdles.
Education 2001: Getting the Job Done, A Memorandum to the President-Elect and the 107th Congress
Michael J. Petrilli , Chester E. Finn, Jr. , Marci Kanstoroom, Ph.D. , Diane Ravitch , Bruno V. Manno , Kelly Amis / December 1, 2000
President Bush campaigned on a strong education-reform platform, promising the American people that for the first time in a long time, commonsense?not special interest groups?would dictate federal education policy. Just before he entered the Oval Office, we handed him a briefing book on steps he could take to help transform the K-12 education system. In this "Memorandum to the President-Elect and the 107th Congress," we explained how the federal government has wasted billions of dollars on ineffective programs and offered suggestions for making continued federal funding matter.
