A report issued by Senator Edward Kennedy's Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee documents substantial financial connections between the advisors of Reading First, a multi-billion-dollar literacy program adopted as part of No Child Left Behind in 2001, and the publishers who benefited
As No Child Left Behind comes up for reauthorization on its fifth anniversary, The Nation (May 21, 2007) examines the law, its consequences and its prospects for improvement. Responding to this forum are Pedro Noguera, Velma L. Cobb, and Deborah Meier.