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The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University
has prepared this series of videotapes and accompanying resource
guide to examine what the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
means for your children and the public schools in your community.
The purpose of these videos and this manual is to introduce
you to the NCLB legislation and to help you understand how
the Act works, how we can make it work better, and how we
can avoid an educational catastrophe if it doesn't work. We
want to make sure that everyone in our communities is fully
informed about what this law requires of our schools, what
it does not require, and what we can do to encourage the good
and discourage the bad.
The video and resource guide are specifically designed for
use as a
training tool for parents, organizations, teachers, advocates,
and
other leaders seeking to improve educational outcomes for
children of
color and close the racial achievement gap. The NCLB video
series and
resource guide provide the viewer with a basic understanding
of the No
Child Left Behind Act, and high stakes testing. The video
neither
endorses nor condemns NCLB as a whole, but acknowledges both
the
serious harms and potential benefits that could result from
the Act's
implementation.
The video and resource guide are divided into
helpful segments including explanations of some of the more
complex requirements of NCLB. In each segment, comments from
researchers and advocates on the effect of NCLB and state
testing policies are followed by research-based recommendations
for what advocates can do. The recommendations include suggestions
on how to make good use of certain new educational requirements
in NCLB, such as improving graduation rates, improving minority
student's access to highly qualified teachers and public reporting
of achievement outcomes disaggregated by race. The video also
includes recommendations for preventing the potentially harmful
effects of state initiated high stakes testing policies.
When watching this DVD, please use
the Menu to select tracks to watch. Due to a technical error,
if you simply press play, the DVD will NOT show tracks in
order. To watch the footage in the proper order, it is necessary
to manually select tracks from the Menu.
Resource guide and dvd or vhs $25.00
Resource guide and both the dvd and vhs $30.00
To order this video series(vhs
or dvd) download the order
form
and fax it to (617) 495-5210. Upon receipt
of the order form the video package(including
resource guide book) will be mailed immediately.
Please allow 5-10 days for delivery.
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