When the No Child Left Behind Act became
law in 2002, its intent was to ensure that all students at
all public schools throughout the United States receive the
same quality education regardless of race, gender, or
socio-economic background. However, because of the laws
heavy-handed, top-down measures, it has failed to help the
very population it was allegedly meant to aid, the at-risk
student. Being Sisyphus examines at-risk students at a
community day school in Southern California. It ...