A senator, The No Child Left Behind Act or the NCLB, has done the complete opposite of its intention. The statement of purpose in the No Child Left Behind Act claims that it is intended to ensure that all children reach ` challenging' standards in reading and math and to close the academic achievement gap that exists by race and class. However, if the law were designed to make sufficient progress towards this goal, educators all over America would support it. But, the truth is that many educators do not support No Child Left Behind because under the NCLB Americas education will be seriously damaged; especially in schools with large populations of low income and minority students.

NCLBs focus on just math and reading scores has forced schools to sacrifice other subjects such as history and music. Two recent research reports from the National Board of Educational Testing and...