NCLB: Stories of Success Words of Wisdom Quote to Note NCLB
Update (http://www.ed.gov/nclb/) On Monday, January 8, the No
Child Left Behind Act turns five years old! In celebration of
this milestone, the Department is holding an anniversary event
at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (by invitation only). A variety
of other forward-looking activities are also planned this month,
leading up to the President's January 23 State of the Union
address and the February 5 roll-out of the President's Fiscal
Year 2008 budget request. Education Week's eleventh-annual
"Quality Counts" report introduces a new Chance for Success
Index, which tracks state efforts to connect education from
preschool through postsecondary education and training. This
"perspective" on the importance of education throughout a
person's lifetime is based on 13 indicators that note whether
children get off to a good start, succeed in elementary and
secondary school, and hit key educational and income benchmarks
as adults. Strictly for K-12 education, th