Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 13, 2007 - 09:04.
NCLB is a good in many ways. However, it is completely unrealistic in many ways. NCLB will do wonders once it realizes that teachers cannot overcome what neglectful parents mess up quickly. Some of the suggestions stated above as far as adequate yearly progress seem to address that to some extent. However, that is just the beginning. As a teacher, I grow weary of working very hard and seeing all of my students make progress, but see my school get slapped with a low performing label because a certain percentage of one or two minority groups didn't perform to this year's percentage requirement. All the while, Johnny's mom yells at me about why his or her work is too hard and why he's failing.
In summary, NCLB is a wonderful idea in principle, but the practicalities of the situation require an entrance as well. Those praciticalities are simply that not every child will be on level. Some children take more time to learn things. Some children come from such difficult circumstances which to some degree can be overcome by a good teacher at the higher grade levels, but is impossible to overcome at lower grade levels.
wake up
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on June 13, 2007 - 09:04.
NCLB is a good in many ways. However, it is completely unrealistic in many ways. NCLB will do wonders once it realizes that teachers cannot overcome what neglectful parents mess up quickly. Some of the suggestions stated above as far as adequate yearly progress seem to address that to some extent. However, that is just the beginning. As a teacher, I grow weary of working very hard and seeing all of my students make progress, but see my school get slapped with a low performing label because a certain percentage of one or two minority groups didn't perform to this year's percentage requirement. All the while, Johnny's mom yells at me about why his or her work is too hard and why he's failing.
In summary, NCLB is a wonderful idea in principle, but the practicalities of the situation require an entrance as well. Those praciticalities are simply that not every child will be on level. Some children take more time to learn things. Some children come from such difficult circumstances which to some degree can be overcome by a good teacher at the higher grade levels, but is impossible to overcome at lower grade levels.