Education reporter tests No Child Left Behind

One elementary school principal trained a laser focus on test scores. Her efforts yielded results, but at what cost? Former Washington Post education writer Linda Perlstein has a new book on the struggles of an elementary school to meet No Child Left Behind standards.

Guests

• Linda Perlstein: The author of "Tested: One American School Struggles to Make the Grade." She's also the author "Not Much Just Chillin': The Hidden Lives of Middle Schoolers."

More from MPR

• Minnesota schools falling behind on No Child Left Behind standards
  August 30, 2007
• Put to the Test
  September 7, 2007

Resources

• Linda Perlstein's Web site
• Tyler Heights Elementary Home page