No Child Left Behind dictated that race and class differences in academic achievement be eliminated by 2014. Surely the U.S. Congress should have known that such a goal was not achievable. Even if the schools were to do a spectacular job of improving education for minorities and the poor, eliminating the gaps would be possible only if substantial progress were made in changing home, neighborhood, and peer factors. Children's academic abilities may be tied as closely to these factors as to anything that goes on in school. (from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development blog)
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