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Leaving Our Children Behind. Education has always been an important trademark
of the United States of America. Throughout the years ...
... and, as President Bush has expressed, "Too many of our neediest children are being
left ... It’s been said that the NCLB is leaving behind the days when ...
... him and his Administration can keep their promises made by not leaving any child ...
t have to cut funding for the NCLB, so our children’s children can receive ...
... Leaving children behind; how no child left behind will fail our children. Phi
Delta Kappan, 85(3), 225-228. Olson, L., & Jacobson, L. (2006). ...
... quit changing us to fit what you have left behind. ... cultural decline still going on,
it is leaving more and ... We need to teach our children to make the time for ...
Submitted by tamararenee84 on March 31, 2008
Category: Social Issues
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Education has always been an important trademark of the United States of America. Throughout the years, the significance of a well-developed education has been increasing. The No Child Left Behind act (NCLB act) is the Bush administration’s sweeping educational reform, aimed at improving the performance of the nation’s public schools by introducing accountability. Supporters of the act claim that it will increase the performance of all school children by raising the standards and allowing parents greater freedom in choosing the school they want their child to attend. The act also puts in place a system of punishment for schools if their student body does not perform to the standards set down by the National government. As well as increasing standards, this act also encourages teachers to use a curriculum, which the government developed with "scientifically based research" (a phrase that appears 111 times in the act) (United States). While standardized curriculum and increased standards seem like they would improve children’s learning, in reality it hurts them by pushing them too hard academically instead of focusing on social development and denying them specialized attention based upon their individual abilities.
No Child Left Behind was designed by the Bush administration to reduce the “learning gap” between different groups of students and to ensure better teacher equality. However, it sets fourth a method of measuring “Adequate Yearly Progress” which aims at 100% proficiency in 10 years time (from the start of the program) (Hammond). One adverse effect of these high standards is that they substantially weaken the safety nets for under-performing students in the nation’s schools. As schools struggle to meet the act’s impossibly high goals, many incentives present themselves such as keeping underperforming students out, or to hold back those already in the school. A disturbing example of this comes from King Middle...
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