Comments on: The Texas Miracle writ large.

By: Tanya

Tanya — Wed, 25 Feb 2004 03:15:22 +0000

learning more about his no child left behind. as my friends’ son has been told ” drop out” he is 17.

I don’t understand but I think it has something to do with , ” no child left behind”

By: Keywords

Keywords — Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:07:28 +0000

Failure

The entire mission of “No Child Left Behind” is to eventually label every single school in this nation as “failing”—it’s a backdoor way of forcing vouchers or privatization or whatever the hell they want this time. How do we know this? Because: T…

By: Body and Soul

Body and Soul — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 17:56:40 +0000

Profiting from failure

A couple of weeks ago, we went to Back-To-School Night at my daughter’s elementary school, which began, as always, with a little welcoming speech by the principal. I’ve had one child or another in one school or another since 1990.

By: dwight meredith

dwight meredith — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 04:34:19 +0000

If NCLB really requires all special ed students to meet “proficiency” level or the school will be deemed “failing” then it is asinine.

My autistic eight year old “second grader” is non-verbal and still in diapers. There is no way that he will be able to pass a reading test in two years.

School systems have real problems but my son’s failure to pass a reading test is not one of them.

The special ed teachers who work with Bobby are highly skilled dedicated professionals who do a magnificent job. They are, IMHO, angels descended from heaven to help the kids most in need. Calling them “failures” is ridiculous.

By: CalPundit

CalPundit — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:23:38 +0000

No School Left Successful

NO SCHOOL LEFT SUCCESSFUL….Speaking on matters educational, Diane Patterson sayeth:The entire mission of “No Child Left Behind” is to eventually label every single school in this nation as “failing”æ“t’s a backdoor way of forcing vouchers or privatiz…

By: cathy

cathy — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:22:24 +0000

One of my son’s best friends showed up the day after his first day of school and said, “It’s crazy at my school–there’s something like 600 new students! My physics class has 45 kids!” He’s a senior at a large, top-ranking public school. (Large, north-central US city.) My senior son attends another top-ranking public school here, but one that is an arts magnet school where students need to qualify PLUS must audition or show a portfolio to enroll, which held down the numbers of kids crossing-over. He’s noted some new kids, but doesn’t think there are a whole lot more than other years. Maybe other schools will find this loophole to keep their population in check before everything goes completely to hell.

By: CalPundit

CalPundit — Mon, 22 Sep 2003 02:20:16 +0000

No School Left Successful