Returning No Child Left Behind to its Roots

As Congress works on reauthorizing No Child Left Behind (NCLB), First Focus Campaign for Children joined with Broader, Bolder Approach to Education and Opportunity Action to write and circulate this letter.This letter voices signers' concerns that NCLB’s emphasis on the importance of standards has resulted in neglecting the need for supports to reach them. It lists five principles for reauthorization that will return NCLB to the original spirit and intent of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as a supports-oriented civil rights bill.