what is the "No child left behind act?"?

Question

What is it and what does it do basically?

Answer 1

No Child Left Behind is a law that President Bush put into effect in 2001 that states that all states have to make standards and then test their children to make sure that they are learning those standards. The law also states that each year, more and more children have to pass the tests, until in 2014 when ALL children will be passing. Every year that schools don’t raise the number of students who pass the tests, the school will be greatly penalized.

There are good things that are part of the law, but either they are overshadowed by the bad things, or the way the the law is implemented. For example, part of the law is mandatory help for children who are not on grade level. Access to remedial tutoring is mandatory for children who are not making the grade. That is a good point. Sadly, the law doesn’t allow for the funds and time to do this, so many schools are now taking time out of their day to have the teachers teach the tutoring classes, so now there is less time for the teachers to teach the core curriculum. Subjects like history, science, social studies and geography which aren’t tested, no longer exist in many schools.

Answer 2

"No Child Left Behind" is the re-authorization of the federal legislation regarding public education. Because it has laudable goals such as making sure every child is proficient in math, reading, and writing by 2014 and closing the "achievement gap" it has found support. However, the important details of legislation will eviscerate public education. I believe what it is designed to do is fail public education so that the Business Roundtable (who basically wrote NCLB) can privatize public education and get their hands on the $800 billion spent on public education. Their aim is to have a minimum wage worker delivery system to ensure that the wealthiest in the United States will become wealthier, and the middle class is eliminated, thereby creating a country that will practice economic apartheid.

Answer 3

Sean B; My God!! There is a capitalistic movement afoot for the authors of the " No child left behind act" to void the public school systems throughout the US, get their minimum wage teachers to assume the teaching tasks and benefit greatly by absconding with a great portion of the $800 billion laying on the table. Are you some kind of a Communist nut ? What pipe are you using?