October 6, 2006

Back to School, for Teachers

By SAMANTHA HENIG

The No Child Left Behind Act has changed how colleges serve classroom practitioners

Tara Curtis had already been teaching mathematics to middle-school students in New Jersey for a year when she was ruled unqualified by the No Child Left Behind Act.

The 2002 federal law requires that all classes be led by teachers officially designated as "highly qualified" by the end of the 2005-6 school year (a deadline that was recently extended by a year). Because Ms. Curtis's college major

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