The No Child Left Behind Act is currently up for reauthorization, giving congressional champions of educational accountability a chance to address a major problem in its design. When it took effect in ...

Mr. Wiener is an independent education policy consultant. From 2002 to 2009, he was the policy director for the Education Trust, an advocacy group focused on low-income students and students of color.

The first Black person to hold that cabinet position, he resigned amid discord over George W. Bush’s major legislative effort to improve public education nationwide. By Robert D. McFadden See more of ...