During the CNN/YouTube Democratic Presidential Candidate debate, a question was asked about the No Child Left Behind law. Specifically, if given the opportunity, would the candidates “scrap it, or revise it?” Of the two candidates asked the question, Governor Bill Richardson and Senator Joe Biden, both answered that they would scrap it.
There is no question that since its inception NCLB has been a very controversial topic in education. With it being up for reauthorization this year, what do you think? Would you scrap it, revise it, or leave it alone?
Leave us your thoughts in the comments section.
Posted By:
Som Carman
Advanced Academics, Inc.
3 comments:
Scrap it. Kids learn at different rates and all this does is cause some to drop out.
It was a nice effort, but in order for it to work on a more proactive level it should be ran and ironed out. There may be a few bumps, but its could definitely work out as a something great.
Scrap it! We are learning that subgroups, minorities, special ed, economically disadvantaged kids are consistently performing below standard. What we need to do is focus on the larger issue of why??
We need to focus on societal issues of poverty, economic disadvantage, language acquisition, instead of making schools feel awful that in spite of the efforts of good teachers, the kids still are not passing the tests. Plus, every year the stakes go up. Poor Law.
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