[CALIBK12] CA educator?

[RichardGuy at aol.com]

Silly?
The destruction of children's desire to learn?
Raising the filling in of bubbles on tests to education's highest goal?
The mandates against creativity which might contradict scripted lessons?
No, NCLB has gone way beyond silly.   For a measly 8%, the feds now demand 
control over virtually every aspect of our schools.   And we kowtow to that 
mandate and beg for a few crumbs. Even the authors are discussing a change of name 
for the program so they can slip it past the people once again. The latest 
NAEP scores show that the progress being made prior to NCLB has come to a 
screeching halt.
More of the same?
No, thank you.
Richard Moore


In a message dated 9/26/07 9:01:47 AM, tcnixon at fresno.k12.ca.us writes:


> What Sandy said. NCLB, for good or evil, will be reauthorized *in some
> form*. I think we (meaning CTA) would have spent our time more wisely
> getting the needed modifications as opposed to working to defeat it.
> Yes, much of it is just plain silly. However, it is a silliness that
> could be changed to be less silly. I think getting them to dump the
> entire mess is much harder than getting them to make some changes.
> 
> For those who were hoping that the change of political leadership in
> Congress would be helpful to the cause, it doesn't seem to be turning
> out that way. And, it appears, not just on this issue.
> 
> 
> Tom Nixon
> 
> 





Richard K. Moore, InfoSherpa
Huntington Beach, CA
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