NCLB

I have enjoyed all of the presentations so far, but I have to say that I think Stephanie and Angela’s have fascinated me the most. I do not do a good job of keeping up with laws or guidelines in education, and I had a tiny understanding of what No Child Left Behind (NLCB) was. This was a real eye opener to me, as I found a lot of the information was drastically different than what I believe, and have been taught, that education is all about. I feel that there are some schools that are doomed from the get go because of this. Schools that are in rural parts of America that struggle to attract the resources and money needed to survive. It is impossible for them to improve if their below the line, and getting the money turned off every year, and than eventually having the school terminated. This is what bothered me the most, when schools that needed money the most, are unable to get it. I feel that their should be some evaluation program that should be set in place for the schools that are below the line and decreasing. A group of evaluators should come to the school and find out what is, and is not working, and than report it so that the school can get what it needs to succeed. I realize there are many other things to be concerned about with this Act, but this is what really disturbed me the most from the presentation and paper.
I do wish that Stephanie and Angela discussed some positives to the Act, because my opinion of it is completely negative. Which is a little unfair sense I am still very new to it, and obviously only learned a small section of it. I am interested in the next few classes going over it, because it seems to me that it is going to be a big issue for the future and will no doubt impact me as a teacher down the road.