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Patterson-Davidson, Vicki Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2012
School districts have been struggling with the challenges of educating English learners for decades, long before the enactment of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001." Yet, considering the abundance of research on English learners, relatively few studies have examined specific methods or efforts of districts and schools to identify…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, English Language Learners, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Postma, Michael; Peters, Daniel; Gilman, Barbara; Kearney, Kathi – Parenting for High Potential, 2011
Education has seen its share of trends and movements that either help or hinder the optimal development of the gifted child. In 2001, Congress passed No Child Left Behind (NCLB) in a concerted effort to reach children who were not meeting minimal standardized goals of achievement. Response to Intervention (RtI) is yet another approach to ensure…
Descriptors: Intervention, Academically Gifted, Federal Legislation, Teaching Methods
Murray, Charles – American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, 2007
In January, W. H. Brady Scholar Charles Murray stepped back from current education debates about reauthorization of the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act and education funding in the president's budget to ask more fundamental questions about the goals that should shape American education in the future. This "On the Issues" is adapted from…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Intelligence, Intelligence Differences, Intellectual Development