The Department of Education has released a helpful "desktop reference" manual to the No Child Left Behind Act. In 180 pages, it discusses NCLB's major reforms, program by program, explaining how each intersects with the law's guiding principles of accountability, flexibility and local control, parental choice, and "what works." For each section, the guide relays "the purpose of the program, what's new in the law, how the program works, key requirements, how to achieve quality, how performance is measured, and key activities and responsibilities for state education departments." See "No Child Left Behind: A Desktop Reference 2002," Department of Education, 2002. (Free hard copies can be ordered at 877-433-7827.)
