On the cardboard foundation of No Child Left, the house falls. Strong standards are something we can build a future on.
Posts under ‘No Child Left Behind’
The Science of Making Up Stuff
Good Teachers had no problems. So. When there were problems, it must because of: Bad Teachers.
State of the Hopeful Union
My friend said to me, “I missed the President’s speech. What’d he say? Give me hope.” Ok. He talked a lot about jobs. She said, “Jobs? Give me hope about schools!” I reminded her that he gave us a down-payment on his promise to make education a priority by not only including jobs protection in [...]
Tiny Bubbles
They’re the kids who didn’t quite hit the cut score on the No Child Left tests the previous year. Or those that just barely hit it. The goal was to get off the Adequate Yearly Progress Shame List where her school had been placed because not enough of their students had hit the cut score
