Comments on: NCLB - “No Child Left Untested” http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/ The Official Blog of MathMojo.com - helping public school, homeschooling, unschooling students, parents, teachers and adults learn math with easy and effective methods. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:25:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Ms. Whatsit http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-20415 Ms. Whatsit Sun, 30 Sep 2007 20:35:03 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-20415 Very well put. Thank you! Very well put. Thank you!

]]> By: Patricia http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-19025 Patricia Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:47:52 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-19025 I completely agree with your opinions here. NCLB has not necessarily assisted our students in their learning, but forced educators to 'teach to the test.' Apparently the goal is to have our students just plodding along cramming facts into their skull and gradually replacing the old with the new. It sadly doesn't work. My favorite catchphrase about NCLB is "No Child Left Behind should be left behind." I completely agree with your opinions here. NCLB has not necessarily assisted our students in their learning, but forced educators to ‘teach to the test.’ Apparently the goal is to have our students just plodding along cramming facts into their skull and gradually replacing the old with the new. It sadly doesn’t work. My favorite catchphrase about NCLB is “No Child Left Behind should be left behind.”

]]> By: Anna http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-18799 Anna Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:25:19 +0000 http://mathmojo.com/chronicles/2007/09/20/nclb-no-child-left-untested/#comment-18799 I don't think that there IS a raging debate. I think most people have come around to the Truth. Haven't they? I don't know anyone who thinks it is a good idea, but my people are not the general population either. Seriously...does this program have supporters who are not politicians. At this point, I would take a personal anecdote. Where are the parents lining up to say, "This program turned my child's life around. He was dumb as a post before NCLB, but now he is going to Harvard!" I don’t think that there IS a raging debate. I think most people have come around to the Truth. Haven’t they? I don’t know anyone who thinks it is a good idea, but my people are not the general population either. Seriously…does this program have supporters who are not politicians.

At this point, I would take a personal anecdote. Where are the parents lining up to say, “This program turned my child’s life around. He was dumb as a post before NCLB, but now he is going to Harvard!”

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