PUBLICATIONS BY Eugene Hickok
Research
Commentary
2007 Research
June 27, 2007
Reauthorization of No Child Left Behind: Federal Management or Citizen Ownership of K–12 Education?
By Eugene Hickok, Ph.D., and Matthew Ladner, Ph.D
(Backgrounder #2047)
Testing requirements in No Child Left Behind are causing a "race to the bottom" that threatens to eliminate academic transparency about student performance, denying parents, citizens, and policymakers needed information on school performance. Congress should end federal goals for student testing and allow states to opt out of NCLB and reassert their policymaking authority.
2007 Commentary
March 07, 2007
The More Local Education Gets, The Better Off It Is
By Eugene Hickok
The president's budget calls for a $1 billion hike in spending on No Child Left Behind, his signature education initiative.
2006 Commentary
October 28, 2006
The Education Revolution America Needs
By Eugene Hickok
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings recently commented that the No Child Left Behind Act is nearly perfect. "I talk about No Child Left Behind like Ivory soap: It's 99.9 percent pure," Spellings said.
October 12, 2006
No Undergrad Left Behind
By Eugene Hickok
Like it or not, the No Child Left Behind Act passed under President Bush has transformed the conversation about American public education.
