one of bush's unfunded mandates that was a disaster from the beginning
http://news.yahoo.com/education-laws-promise-falls-short-10-years-135106148.html
http://news.yahoo.com/education-laws-promise-falls-short-10-years-135106148.html
no child left behind declared a failure - duh
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Crashk
Unite or Die
As with everything the radical right does, no child left behind was more about selling $30 per student tests to schools than education.
Lofty goals drove the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; among them, to bring more accountability to school systems, to provide a comparison between schools and state standards, and to establish core competency goals. While educators are bitterly split over the effectiveness of this strategy, it was unquestionably successful in one respect; it created a boom market for companies that design, administer, and evaluate NCLB tests.
After failing to reauthorize this program last year, Congress will be taking another crack at it later this year. You can expect more spirited arguments about its value. You can also expect that the industry will be supporting the passage of the bill, to keep the money ($2.3 billion in 2006, according to Eduventures, Inc.) flowing. NCLB tests, and programs designed to help students prepare for it, offer a number of opportunities for companies to cash in.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/wZ2x3K
Lofty goals drove the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; among them, to bring more accountability to school systems, to provide a comparison between schools and state standards, and to establish core competency goals. While educators are bitterly split over the effectiveness of this strategy, it was unquestionably successful in one respect; it created a boom market for companies that design, administer, and evaluate NCLB tests.
After failing to reauthorize this program last year, Congress will be taking another crack at it later this year. You can expect more spirited arguments about its value. You can also expect that the industry will be supporting the passage of the bill, to keep the money ($2.3 billion in 2006, according to Eduventures, Inc.) flowing. NCLB tests, and programs designed to help students prepare for it, offer a number of opportunities for companies to cash in.
See full article from DailyFinance: http://srph.it/wZ2x3K
cawacko
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You say the legislation was from the radical right but it was co-authorized by George Miller and Ted Kennedy in Congress and passed with large bi-partisan numbers. How is that radical right?
signalmankenneth
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We're Number One?!!
Rationalist
Hail Voltaire
You're saying a government program didn't accomplish what the politicians claimed it would? Well I'll be damned..
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No, Dolt, he's saying that Bush failed.
Rationalist
Hail Voltaire
And I'm saying that government programs in general fail, fucktard.
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Guns Guns Guns
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Cite them.
icedancer2theend
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NCLB legislation was a bi-partisan attempt to address funding and failing scores. With regards to funding, I think that as long as states take federal dollars that the federal government then owes it to the tax payers who fund it, real accountability. NCLB failed because it allowed states to manipulate that accountability.
I worked over a 5 year period with 3 different school districts and the state legislature. Part of work involved how public school programs are funded. The single biggest problem with education is that funding is tied to the student. By this I mean that Johnny has 7k tied to him. Whichever school Johnny goes to gets that 7k. As long as this is the case I believe it is on;y fair that Johnny vis-à-vis his parents should be able to choose where he goes...including a parochial school. It is the only way to drive schools to work for excellence. If school choice is not going to be a part of the equation then I believe funding should be done based on population and dispersed in block grants- with reevaluations regarding population changes, being done bi-annually.
When funding is tied to a student that student then becomes a dollar sign. A dollar sign that is figured into an annual budget and cannot be lost at any cost. Some say that makes a school want Johnny to succeed. While many may want Johnny to succeed, if he is a hellion who is bent on being a punk it matters not...his money has already been spent and his attendance becomes a necessary fact.
If on the other hand a district creates a budget based on a less individualized set of parameters and Johnny refuses to play by the rules. a school is more likely to dish out consequences that seek to benefit the entire school as opposed to keep Johnny for the sake of his dollar value. Conversely, if we continue with the current model and little Cindy's parents tire of their daughters teacher constantly being sidetracked to deal with naughty Johnny, they can take little Cindy to another school of their choice- no matter if it is public or private. In these two scenarios consequences can fairly be put into place and practice.
I worked over a 5 year period with 3 different school districts and the state legislature. Part of work involved how public school programs are funded. The single biggest problem with education is that funding is tied to the student. By this I mean that Johnny has 7k tied to him. Whichever school Johnny goes to gets that 7k. As long as this is the case I believe it is on;y fair that Johnny vis-à-vis his parents should be able to choose where he goes...including a parochial school. It is the only way to drive schools to work for excellence. If school choice is not going to be a part of the equation then I believe funding should be done based on population and dispersed in block grants- with reevaluations regarding population changes, being done bi-annually.
When funding is tied to a student that student then becomes a dollar sign. A dollar sign that is figured into an annual budget and cannot be lost at any cost. Some say that makes a school want Johnny to succeed. While many may want Johnny to succeed, if he is a hellion who is bent on being a punk it matters not...his money has already been spent and his attendance becomes a necessary fact.
If on the other hand a district creates a budget based on a less individualized set of parameters and Johnny refuses to play by the rules. a school is more likely to dish out consequences that seek to benefit the entire school as opposed to keep Johnny for the sake of his dollar value. Conversely, if we continue with the current model and little Cindy's parents tire of their daughters teacher constantly being sidetracked to deal with naughty Johnny, they can take little Cindy to another school of their choice- no matter if it is public or private. In these two scenarios consequences can fairly be put into place and practice.
icedancer2theend
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Bush and Ted Kennedy's you mean.