No Child Left Behind
United States [2001]
Also known as: NCLB, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
No Child Left Behind (NCLB), U.S. federal law aimed at improving public primary and secondary schools, and thus student performance, via increased accountability for schools, school districts, and states. The act was passed by Congress with bipartisan support in December 2001 and signed into law by Pres. George W. Bush in January 2002. NCLB introduced significant changes in the curriculum of public primary and secondary schools in the United States and dramatically increased federal regulation...