About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 124. Chapters: Cerdanya, Bilingual education, European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, Official language, Roussillon, No Child Left Behind Act, List of linguistic rights in African constitutions, List of linguistic rights in European constitutions, Bengali Language Movement, Language attrition, Language policy in Latvia, Language planning, Vergonha, English medium education, Alliance Quebec, Languages of Catalonia, National language, Linguistic imperialism, Minority group, Mandatory Swedish, Tomasz Kamusella, Language policy in France, Moldovan schools in Transnistria, Language revitalization, Toubon Law, Regional language, Jan Coucke and Pieter Goethals, Medium of instruction, Belgian Linguistic Case, Indigenous language, Structured English Immersion, Treaty of the Pyrenees, Collioure, Finland's language strife, Multilingual Education, English for Children, Nepal Bhasa movement, Russian School Defense Staff, Language politics, Ballantyne, Davidson, McIntyre v. Canada, Nueva Planta decrees, French Cerdagne, Ohrid Agreement, Bilingual communes in Poland, Nordic Language Convention, Bilingual Education Act, Lau v. Nichols, Welsh Not, Horne v. Flores, Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights, Native-language instruction, Symbole, Artistic depictions of the Bengali Language Movement, Robert Phillipson, Language tax, Northern Catalan, Vallespir, Language nest. Excerpt: The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB) is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools. NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office. The bill received overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress. NCLB supports standards-based education reform, which is based on the belief that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individu...
