Hurry Up Mr. President! Change No Child Left Behind

[toymachines]

Hurry Up Mr. President! Change No Child Left Behind
By Doug Curlee
Santee Patch

During his State of the Union speech last month, President Barack Obama said he felt some changes needed to be made in the “No Child Left Behind” education program for America’s school children.

After an afternoon chat with Santee Schools Superintendent Patrick Shaw, I came to one conclusion- the President can’t move fast enough.

“No Child Left Behind” doesn’t just need revision- it probably needs to go away...

The problem comes in when you realize that we’re dealing with people here- not statistics...

It’s truly a no-win situation- no matter how hard you try, the system is set up so that it’ll NEVER be good enough to satisfy the educational bureaucracies at the state and Federal levels.

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Local school official rails on the real affects of No Child Left Behind. What do you guys think?

[femmocrat]

1. I think "Race to the Top" makes NCLB look moderate.

I think they should both be scrapped.... yesterday.

[MichiganVote]

5. +1

[Frustratedlady]

2. I believe NCLB set back education a whole decade. It was a waste.

All the work put into curriculums and teaching techniques at the local level were shoved to the back corner so students could prepare for testing. They weren't comparing apples to apples. Also, a lot of good teachers were demoralized and disgusted to the point where they gave up teaching as a career.

The parents need to be brought into their children's educational experience, but NCLB gave some parents an out by blaming the teacher if their child didn't achieve.

I strongly believe NCLB hurt more than helped.

[YvonneCa]

3. Thanks for this link. Doug Curlee...

...is a former TV reporter in San Diego. I am very glad to see his involvement in this issue.

[toymachines]

4. Doug is a regular columnist

on Santee Patch. He writes about a lot of larger political stories localized.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. Change it? It needs to be thrown out!

Nothing less is acceptable.