Topic: No Child Left Behind

Opinion Five ways to improve Obama's pre-k plan

President Obama’s Preschool for All plan is well intentioned but includes features that are not justified by research and won’t help it pass in Congress. The plan must make the following five adjustments.

'A Nation at Risk': How much of 'apocalyptic' education report still applies?

Decoder Wire George W. Bush on the rebound? Nothing like a presidential library to help. (+video)

3 dozen school administrators and teachers indicted in Atlanta cheating scandal

Chapter & Verse Ron Paul will pen book advocating a free-market approach to education

Standardized test backlash: Some Seattle teachers just say 'no'

Senate freshmen: What the 14 new members bring to Capitol Hill

House speaker vote: John Boehner wins reelection after tough few weeks (+video)

2012's 'good news' stories

Guns in schools? Sandy Hook rekindles hot debate on arming teachers. (+video)

Why five states will give their students 300 more hours at school

15 must-read books about K-12 education in the US

'Won't Back Down': A film to spur parent-led coups on public schools? (+video)

Chicago teachers strike ends, but political fallout is just beginning

Karen Lewis: Fiery Chicago Teachers Union chief takes on wrath of Rahm (+video)

In Chicago strike, teachers draw a line on education reform (+video)

The Monitor's View The Chicago teachers strike in an era of accountability

Obama vs. Romney 101: 5 differences on education

Why Missouri conservatives are rallying around Todd Akin

Kids Count report: America's children are advancing despite the economy

Two more states granted waivers from No Child Left Behind, for total of 26

Tax VOX Medicaid and the states: An offer they (still) can't refuse?

Obama immigration order: Does 'audacity of hope' mean unchecked presidential power?

Opinion What Obama and Romney aren't talking about: America's class divide

Mitt Romney's voucher-like education overhaul (+video)