Sunday, March 27, 2011

Left Behind


I hear that Obama wants to review NCLB. I hope it changes for the better. The incessant testing, tying testing to school closure, and teacher salaries has to stop. The curriculum has been narrowed to the point that students learn to take a test. Teachers teach to the test to preserve their jobs and pay. Currently NCLB mandates that school scores have to improve every year to the point that all students are proficient or face closure and conversion into charter schools. No money was ever appropriated by congress to attain this goal. This all has to be done by 2014. Get ready for the end of public education.

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