This paper first examines the impact of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 on the academic performance of Latino students in the U.S. Although the purpose behind NCLB is to help improve academic proficiency in the areas of reading, language arts, and mathematics, research demonstrates that there is still an achievement gap between minority and non-minority students. Second, the paper describes how NCLB impedes the academic success of Latino students by narrowing the curriculum. Third, in describing her longitudinal study with Latino students enrolled in an alternative education program, the author explains how designing a multicultural/anti-racist curriculum helped the students overcome the negative effects of oppositional culture.