Fernando M. Reimers et a1.

amendments to the Constitution (e.g., the No Child Left Behind Act, the
National School Lunch Program, and the Affordable Care Act).

For example, the students can read Sam Dillon’s “Education Secretary May
Agree to Waivers on ‘No Child’ Requirements,” which appeared on June
12, 2011, in the New Yor/e Times. The students can discuss the role of the
education secretary (who is appointed by the president and a member of the
executive branch) and the role of Congress in creating (and overhauling) No

Child Left Behind.

Other topics that they may want to pursue include privacy, freedom versus
security, immigration, and freedom of expression and speech.

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