yeah accountability is not a bad thing. Pity that this attempt to implement it was so wrong-headed though.
On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > Um, no. The NCLB never really had funding behind it. I support > accountability though I dislike the focus on standardized testing. > More than anything else though, there has to be funding. > > Still, NCLB was by no means the worst thing that Bush ever did. At > least it was an attempt at the Federal government getting involved in > education. > > Judah > > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> I thought those were the schools NCLB helped by sending money to help >> them improve. If that doesn't help then shouldn't a perpetually >> failing school be closed? I noticed your kid's didn't go, why should >> others have to? >> >> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Mexican-born. No Child Left Behind punishes schools like that, but by >>> all accounts many good teachers fought the good fight at that school. >>> However due to high student turnover it was never ever going to >>> improve its test scores. >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286954 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
