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NCLB’s legacy: As the ESSA era begins, have policymakers, educators learned from the past?

The Hechinger Report

President Bush promotes his “No Child Left Behind” education agenda during a visit to Kirkpatrick Elementary School in Nashville, Tenn., Many states either were not tracking them at all or were using widely disparate formulas that made state-by-state comparisons impossible. Monday, Sept. Photo: AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite.

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Black teachers matter, for students and communities

The Hechinger Report

The black count dropped slightly in 1990 to 66 percent, but took a precipitous dive between 2000 and 2010, tumbling from 60 to 51 percent in that ten-year span. Charter schools in the district have different grade configurations and staffing considerations, precluding an apple-to-apples comparison. stood at approximately 46 percent.

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