August 3, 2007

Schools Are Leaving Some Subjects Behind

By MATT PETRIE

As schools spend more time teaching English and mathematics, which are tested under the No Child Left Behind law, time spent on other subjects has dropped by as much as a third, says a report released last week by the Center on Education Policy.

The study, based on a survey of 349 school districts and interviews with officials of 13 others, found that 62 percent of the districts reported spending more time teaching English and mathematics in elementary schools since 2002, when No Child

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