No Child Left Behind and the Reduction of the Achievement Gap: Sociological Perspectives on Federal Educational Policy

by Kathryn M. Borman (Editor), Jennifer A. O'Day (Editor), Alan R. Sadovnik (Editor), George W. Bohrnstedt (Editor)

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  2007

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  Presents the sociological analysis of the No Child Left Behind Act (NLCB), considering whether NLCB can or will eliminate the achievement gap. This work examines the history of federal educational policy and places NCLB in a larger sociological and historical context, and takes up a number of policy areas affected by the law.