No Child Left Behind

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) was signed into law in 2001. Like our Children First reforms, its goal is to raise academic standards, close achievement gaps, encourage more school accountability, and offer more choices to families and students.

A key part of the law allows students in “schools in need of improvement” for two years to transfer to another school. Students in “schools in need of improvement” for three years may receive free additional tutoring (supplemental education services).

Please contact the parent coordinator at your child’s school if you are a parent and would like more information about the school improvement status of your child’s school, supplemental educational services, or public school choice.

• General information about “schools in need of improvement”
• List of NYC “schools in need of improvement” (by borough)
• Choice/transfer program
• Supplemental educational services (tutoring)
• Information from the New York State Education Department about NCLB, including a series of fact sheets for parents
• U.S. Department of Education’s NCLB information center