Passed On: Public School Children in Failing American Schools

A teacher reveals how current education policy is failing our kids through stories of her own students in the public schools of Philadelphia.

Since the passing of the No Child Left Behind Act in 2001, American schools have emphasized test scores to measure school performance—forcing educators to "teach to the test." Though teachers have fought to get rid of this detrimental trend, many corporate reformers turn a blind eye to the real problems teachers face today: classrooms filled with preg...