No Child Left Behind Act Essay

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Many people question whether or not the No Child Left Behind Act has actually had a positive impact on students. “The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act was signed into law [by] President George W. Bush on January 8, 2002” (Alchin). This Act was put into place to make sure that every child has the chance to succeed, no matter what their background or social standing in society is. The NCLB Act was signed into the law to make schools safer and to make sure that students were learning what they needed to in their classes. This Act was created to make many improvements in the school systems and to get parents more involved in school their children’s learning. The No Child Left Behind Act has had limited success improving the way children have been learning and needs to be revised to have positive effects on children in the future. Statistics have shown that African American children and Hispanic children, from 1999 to 2012, had a more positive outcome from the No Child Left Behind Act than …show more content…

The NCLB Act has established that “The U.S. Department of Education provides Title I funds to states to give to school districts” and that teachers must have a certain amount of education before they are able to teach (Facts and Terms). The NCLB Act has been trying to get parents involved more in their child’s education by sending home report cards to let the parents know how their child is doing and what they need help in (Facts and Terms). This is one of the positive aspects of the NCLB Act because parents know where their children need help and improvement. Students now have their parents making sure that they are keeping their grades up and setting goals for the student to have. Many students dread their parents checking their grades and seeing how they are doing in school, but the parents getting report cards allows parents to be able to help their child by knowing what they need to improve