I just felt the urge to share with you this yahoo article about Connecticut filing suit against GWB's No Child Left Behind Act.
My thoughts on the NCLB Act (please read with as much sarcasm as possible):
~Yay, more bubble-filling! Today's kids DEFINITELY need to improve their bubble-filling skills.
~Whoo hoo, yearly testing! Because, you see, if you graph the results from yearly testing, they will be DRASTICALLY different from testing done every two years.
~I am SO in favor of requiring all this stuff without actually providing a means to fund it!
Here's an article that showed up in STLtoday.com today. But then again, why do we care what the TEACHERS think of this act, right? Not like they really have anything to do with education anyway.
I can only hope that the state of Missouri (which I love) follows Connecticut's lead. Do I see it happening? Not anytime soon with him in the governor's seat. He actually had me fooled when he vowed to restructure school funding in his State of the State address -- until he mentioned that he was going to give schools more money by taking that AWAY from early education programs & adoption subsidies. GREAT IDEA, really!
Okay, I'm done.
Thanks for listening.
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I hope the NCLB extends to preschool. Nothing like stressing a preschooler earlier and on the road to hypertension. (end sarcasm) :)
Amen sister! Sing it! What the heck was Bush thinking? Let's make the schools accountable for insanely out of reach goals and make the school's success depend upon the slowest students. Or even better, let's just grind everyone to a halt until the slowest kid finally understands the concept. Who cares about the kids that had it two weeks ago and are actually studying, right?
Here's my theory. High school scores suck because kids just don't care. Why should they? There aren’t any initiatives to do well. It doesn't affect their grades, and if they fill in bubbles randomly they can nap sooner. Instead of making stupid guidelines and grading standards, we should put the focus on the students - you know, the ones failing the tests?
Here’s my solution. You want math and science geeks graduating right and left? Get this law passed: For each proficient or advanced math score achieved, that student gets a guaranteed scholarship toward a TECHNICAL college class of their choice. (And it should be enough to PAY for an entire class at a reasonable community college.) I think if kids could actually get rewarded *gasp* for their hard work, you might have more working hard.
I think No Child Left Behind was Bush’s way of pointing the blame for his own shortcomings as a student. Grrrrrr.
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