Is the No Child Left Behind Act really beneficial?

Question

Is this act really helping education or is it making it worse?

Answer 1

It has served it's purpose of raising standards in schools, but it has also opened the door to unfettered interference by the Federal Government in public schools.

In the 150 years since public education started Americans have gone from the best educated population in the world to one of the most poorly educated populations among westernized nations.

In the early 19th century a study was done that showed that 93% of men and women in northern states and 80% of the same group in southern states were functionaly literate (In that study that meant that you could read and interpret the bible and do your own taxes)

Today, only about 75% of the American public are functionally literate (that is reading and comprehension skills are advanced enough to allow the person involved to fulfill adult duties including learning how to fill out a personal income tax form.)

Answer 2

I believe that the program is trying to address issues that should have been addressed from the time a child is born, on up and through out its school years. That is, parents taking the time to teach their children! They should be hearing classical music before they are born, phonetic, nursery rhymes and being read to.

They should be exposed to music lessons at five years! Music lessons are math, reading comprehension, discipline, responsibility, character development and peer group support. Enough parents do not, from time to time, sit with their child while the homework is done. Even worse, many do not check and ensure that the work is correct, complete and neat.

Foot Ball, Basketball, baseball, hair dye, computer games, YES, but visits to the library, READING, helping to prepare the meals, washing, home responsibilities, NO!

Bottom line, the ones that are suppose to be PARENTS have and are, failing miserably and the school reflects the miserable preparation and support of parents at large.

The government cannot fix this! School programs can not fix this. It has to start in the home! And that is EVERYTHING, in the home. Mother and father not one or the other.
Discipline/respect, Involvement in studies as well as the school! Knowing what the child is doing, when and where it is being done, what she/he has in his/room and what homework/school requirements are at all times!

People with children should become parents, parents that are and take responsibility for their children! Please note the grammar used in some of the responses to your question.

No Child Left Behind requires parents to parent thir children, too include teaching and supervision as well as meaningful envolvment in the school.

Answer 3

It is beneficial to the people who write and develop this stuff, they get paid the big bucks for it.

I think for the kids, it is not that beneficial. I think in the lower grades it holds back the smarter kids.

I think we should be back to putting kids in class by their placement. It does not have to be in all classes, but some kids at 5 have 3rd grade reading levels and should be allowed to learn at that level, while some kids in 5th grade have 3rd grade reading levels. They need more attention to developing their reading while the other kids need more challenges.

My son could do long division and fractions in his head in kindergarten, but at the end of 4th grade was still at the 1st grade reading level. Ideally, his time should have been spent on developing reading skills and math should have been on the back burner. But he went through the grades coloring 4 items and learning to add with the kids who could not spell and was bored, but he got the same amount of reading time as all the other kids when he could not.

Answer 4

no it is not beneficial because throughout elementary school I was one of the smartest kids, and the kids that were not as smart held me back. the teachers would haveto teach things twice to everybody if only a couple kids did not understand.

Answer 5

yes it is beneficial. once a school goes to a failing grade it gives the parents the power to place the children in a successful school. the local school districts do not like to be told they are failing so it does some good.

Answer 6

It's making it worse b/c us smart kids are left behind. really! the slower kids get more attention and learn more than us smarter faster learning kids. we are learning things that i learned in 6th grade! its awfully easy. they can't excell us because jeaslousy problems. i hate it!

Answer 7

It is not, especially when the military has access to my child's school records WITHOUT me being notfied of it first!

Answer 8

It has been nothing but bad for my son, they are pushing him right through and he is learning nothing.