No Child Left Behind and IDEA

I heard about this man named Kozel who wrote a couple of books called Shame of the Nation and Savage and Equities. In Savage and Equities he went into the school system and observed the inequities present. Fifteen years later, in Shame of the Nation, Kozel went back into the schools to reexamine and reveal the inequities that pivot around socioeconomic lines. I plan to read this book over Christmans break and I would love to hear from anyone who has already read this text. Anyway, beinging with the reauthorization of No Child Left Behind, Kozel, a profesor at Harvard, has gone a a hunger strike to defend those who are so ironically "left behind". In 2004 IDEA (individuals with disabilities education act) sought to align with no child left behind and do away with "special educaation" (special education still exists). This act requires proof of results in all areas of intervention, even with children birth-3. In Colroado we have a program called Results Matter that requires tracking children three times per year withe extensive checklists and questionaires. Each parent must operate under IDEA which implements dramatic changes when a child turns 4 year old. The parents must research these acts and find out how their child cooperates. They must be activists from their children and seek knowledgable and adequate professionals. Sure this seems just fine for the parent who does not work and still manages to have sufficient money. I find myself alligning more and more with Kozel's views on the inequities in our education system and I am reminded of a profesor in college, Dr. Yarchin, was sought after the least of these through fighting against these inequities. I feel that it is my duty, with the education and knowledge that I am priveldged to recieve, to join in this lucha and struggle against our system. Where do I begin?