Economics & Inequality Retirement Security Education Health Care Homeland Security Election Reform Media & Politics International Affairs TCF Project Sites: Donate to TCF Join our Listserv  Taking Note Home About TCF News Room Join our Listserv Can Separate Be Equal? The Overlooked Flaw at the Center of No Child Left Behind     Email    Printer-Friendly Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation, 4/23/2004 Download in PDF format "Can Separate Be Equal?" studies how the No Child Left Behind Act—despite important goals and high standards for student achievement—is more focused on remedying symptoms than their causes. The overlooked flaw at the heart of NCLB is its failure to recognize the effects of concentrated poverty in American schools or to address this issue through interdistrict transfers or other measures. Read other reports in the Reality Check series here. Edition: Online/Paper    Pages: 12    Price: $3.50 Copyright 2010 The Century Foundation. Privacy Policy NY Office: 41 East 70th Street—New York, New York—10021—Phone:212-535-4441—212-879-9197 DC Office: 1333 H Street, NW—10th Floor— Washington, D.C. 20005— Phone: 202-387-0400— Fax: 202-483-9430