On this week’s Dropout Nation Podcast , I discuss how the Adequate Yearly Progress accountability measures in the No Child Left Behind Act have helped shed light on how all schools — including suburban districts perceived to be among the best — are failing our kids. More than any other element of No Child, AYP has been the best tool for revealing the problems of American public education.
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