Research Paper Presentation
The Politics, consequences and approaches
to NCLB
Kaan Ustun
Ustun@hawaii.edu
04-23-2012
Outline
 NCLB : History / Why / Who
 Evolution of Law
 Flaws to the law:
 Language as a problem not a right
 Effects on Bilingual Education
 Assimilation VS Pluralism
 Culture & NCLB
 Approaches to teaching methods
 Resistance & Top Down VS Bottom Up
 Conclusion
Reverse Pyramid View
Government
State
City
Schools
Superintendent
Teacher
Student
(Taxes & Grants)
(Education Budget)
(Accountability)
(Admin & Rated)
(Enforces Rules)
(Pedagogy Solutions)
(Pressures )
Testing & Accountability
Consequences (Unfair & Unjust)
Issues raised by NCLB
 Corrupts education system, distorts goal of
education & misuses importance of native language
 Paradox of NCLB
 Lack of trust & incomprehension from teaching
community
 Under the disguise of patriotism & unity
 Fights Multiculturalism / Bilingual Education
 3 Powers of NCLB: Fear / Freedom / Creativity
Future & Solutions
 Raise awareness among community about bilingual
education
 Resistance & loopholes
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Ex: SDP (School District Philadelphia)
Article by D.C. Johnson (2010)
 Educate teachers to be Bilingual Teachers not ESL
Final Word
 “To construct a future from our past experiences,
while recognizing the increased linguistic diversity
and greater language fluidity of the 21st century, we
must not cede all the educational spaces to the types
of English-only or bilingual programs that keep the
students ‘other language (or languages) apart.”
 (Garcia, 2011, 149)
Some References
 Baker, C. (2011). Foundations of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism 5th
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Edition. New
York,NY: Multilingual Matters.
Bausell, R. Barker (2011, April 30). A New Measure for Classroom Quality. The
New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Bhattacharjee, Y. (2012, March 17th ). Why bilinguals are smarter. New York
Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com
Bunch, M.B. (2011). Testing English language learners under No Child Left
Behind.Language Testing, vol. 28 (3), pp.323-341.
Butler, F.A., & Stevens R. (2001). Standardized assessment of the content
knowledge of English language learners K-12:current trends and old
dilemmas. Language Testing, vol. 18 (4), pp.409-427.
Evans, B.A., Hornberger, N.H. (2005). No Child Left Behind: Repealing and
Unpeeling Federal Language Education Policy in the United States.
Language Policy,4(1), 87-106.
 Garcia, O. (2011). Educating NY’s bilingual children:constructing a future from
the past. International Journal of Bilingual Education and
Bilingualism,14(2), 133-153.