Some say “No Child” funds should be used in nation’s poor schools

  Since 2002, Congress has provided about $16 billion under the No Child Left Behind law to help states and school systems improve the caliber of the teaching workforce, the biggest federal investment ever in teacher quality. But some education experts argue that funding across the country has been frittered away on programs that are not specially tailored to closing achievement gaps between rich and poor students or ensuring that teachers are prepared to help students meet ever-tightening academic standards. Read more about this debate in this article from The Washington Post.