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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

MAIN OBJECTIVE:

The department of education is a government department that overlooks many aspects of education at all levels of learning and in all localities throughout the nation. The department of education was established in 1980 from several separate federal agencies. From its inception, the department of education has mainly sought to ensure equal access to education. The department of education has also worked to boost educational excellence through its many programs and its strict accreditation processes

The legislature that the Department was responsible for along with President George W. Bush is the No Child Left Behind Act of 2004. No Child Left Behind refers to an act of Congress that was signed into law on January 8, 2002. The original bill was bipartisan in nature and co-authored by Senator Ted Kennedy. The purpose of the Act is to promote standards-based education. In order to receive federal funding for schools, states were required to develop basic skills assessments at different grades throughout the school year. Importantly, No Child Left Behind did not propose the creation of national standards or national exams for students to pass. Instead, standards were and are to be created and assessed by each individual state.

This particular act is important to me because it directly affects the kids and their futures. The act makes the teachers and administrators accountable for the success of the kids that they are responsible for. NCLB is written so that it requires 100% of students including special education students and those from disadvantaged background within a school to reach the same set of state standards in math and reading by the year 2014.

Some changes that I would like to see in the NCLB is to force state agencies to budget more money towards education because it will cost less in the long run. It cost less money per child to help them earlier in education and keep them...