The National Debate about American Public Education for the 21st Century

Thursday, November 13, 2008

Is NCLB facilitating the quality of public education our students require for successful participation in a 21st Century democracy?

Why or why not? (please provide specific data and/or anecdotes that support your position)

No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

Monday, November 10, 2008

Additional Questions

Add your question in the comment section on this post and we will add it to our list.

Debate Guidelines

The purpose of this debate is to engage all citizens in a useful discussion about the future of American Public Education. The results will be shared with our new leadership on January 21, 2009.

Accordingly, please do not use this forum as a complaint center. Instead please post forward thinking, constructive and creative ideas, commentary, questions or statements that will help enrich the discussion before it closes on January 18, 2008.

Please be respectful to others, even if you disagree.

Feel free to link to any media (graphs and charts, video, podcasts, photo’s, MS Office or pdf documents) that support your responses. Please be courteous and cite your sources when necessary.