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Originally Posted by LUVMBDiesels
There are problems with NCLB
1) W enacted it so the teachers automatically hate it.
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True.
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2) NCLB means that teachers are being held accountable for the student's scores. The AFT hates this
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True, however not so simple. You can lead a horse etc...
Some kids want to learn, some are just wastes of oxygen, not matter who holds whome accountable for what.
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NCLB means that teachers have to teach actual hard facts instead of teaching self esteem.
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Theoretically true, however there is still a major disconnect between what the feds regard as the relevant facts, and what the state thinks about that, and schools are run at a state level not a national level.
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4) NCLB goes back to a system of teaching that existed before 'new math', 'authentic literature', and other so called progressive teaching methods that came out of Columbia University's Teacher's College in the 1970's.
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I think that may be the intent of it, but there's way more to it than that. You can pretend to teach to any particular standard or philosophy, but when your job largely consists of babysitting other peoples mistakes any pretence at "teaching" is largely that, pretence.
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This mandate should not be a cost increasing one. The money for it should be found in the normal teaching budget as teachers should be teaching the things detailed in NCLB anyway.
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Sorry, that's just a joke. When you are sitting with a school that's over 50 percent spanish speaking, and I do mean non-fluent in english, you will not find the money in a
"normal" teaching budget for the extra teachers you are required by law to find simply to try and get the kids able to speak english before you can even begin to teach them regular subject matter.
Not to mention special needs kids who sholudn't even be in a regular classroom environment to start with.
I'm not sure a few individual cases provides a sufficient data set.
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If NCLB had existed in the 1980s I probably would have continued my teaching certificate. I basically left the program over the dogma being rammed down student teacher's throats by Teacher's College -- Oh boy, you had better toe the party line and not exhibt any differences or you will be cast out!
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No arguement there. I could never be a teacher myself. Way to much PC psychobabble from what I've seen.
- Peter.
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