No Child Left Behind: Opportunities and Challenges

Team Members

• Guy Blackburn – Oakland Schools
• Linda Burroughs – Flint Community Schools
• Kathy Golinski – Oakland Schools
• Shari Krishnan – Michigan Special Education Advisory Committee
• Michael Matlosz – Gratiot-Isabella RESD

Agenda

• Framing the Topic: The Hollister Model - Michael Matlosz
• Audience Poll: Establishing Perceptions and Positions - Guy Blackburn
• Historic Framework of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) – Shari Krishnan
• No Child Left Behind Overview – Kathy Golinski, Michael Matlosz
• Matrix of Various Layers of Legislation – Kathy Golinski

Key Issues

1. Adequate Yearly Progress – Paul Bielawski, Special Assistant for Under Performing Schools Schools, MDE
2. Assessment / Adequate Yearly Progress – Ernest Bauer, Oakland Schools
3. Urban School Impact – Linda Burroughs, Flint Community Schools
4. Positive Effects of NCLB – Guy Blackburn
5. Impact of NCLB on Michigan Schools – Raymond Telman, Middle Cities Education Association

Agenda (continued)

• Audience Poll: Perception and Position Shift – Guy Blackburn
• Group Activity: Deciding Positions and Communicating Plans – Michael Matlosz