Comments on: Dismantle NCLB http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/ (bôr'dər-lănd') n. Located on or near a frontier. An indeterminate area or condition. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 22:24:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sherrie Bjurstrom http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11768 Sherrie Bjurstrom Sat, 02 Dec 2006 20:33:59 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11768 NCLB has made a wasteland of public schools, especially those schools that serve disadvantaged students. Teachers are more than overburdened with paperwork that distracts from their teaching efforts. Students are brought into school every day and are drilled all day long on proficiency questions, with worksheets and computerized drilling sessions taking precedence over teachers teaching. NCLB has done nothing for education other than to create a huge profitable testing industry that drains the already poorly-funded schools of money and teacher time. NCLB has made a wasteland of public schools, especially those schools that serve disadvantaged students. Teachers are more than overburdened with paperwork that distracts from their teaching efforts. Students are brought into school every day and are drilled all day long on proficiency questions, with worksheets and computerized drilling sessions taking precedence over teachers teaching. NCLB has done nothing for education other than to create a huge profitable testing industry that drains the already poorly-funded schools of money and teacher time.

]]> By: marcia thomason http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11760 marcia thomason Sat, 02 Dec 2006 19:26:46 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11760 Return teaching to the professionals. Return teaching to the professionals.

]]> By: philip kovacs http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11351 philip kovacs Wed, 29 Nov 2006 02:39:31 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11351 I just wanted to thank you for the press.... I just wanted to thank you for the press….

]]> By: Rebecca Aguilar http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11311 Rebecca Aguilar Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:45:37 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11311 I know House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi is on record as stating NCLB was <span style="text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://democraticleader.house.gov/press/releases.cfm?pressReleaseID=413" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow" rel="nofollow">"an empty promise."</a></span> Pelosi seems to be in line with those who require the NCLB to be fully funded. Any statements from the new Congress showing interest in voting against NCLB's reauthorization? I know House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi is on record as stating NCLB was “an empty promise.”

Pelosi seems to be in line with those who require the NCLB to be fully funded.

Any statements from the new Congress showing interest in voting against NCLB’s reauthorization?

]]> By: Clarence Griffin http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11240 Clarence Griffin Fri, 24 Nov 2006 00:33:24 +0000 http://borderland.northernattitude.org/2006/11/23/dismantle-nclb/#comment-11240 You point out that NCLB is driving schools toward mediocrity and that is surely true, but I think only incidental to the main focus of the legislation. After listening to Kozol and thinking about it, I believe NCLB is primarily about paving the way for vouchers, which is to say, buttressing the pillars of racism. This comes as a dreary, but not surprising, realization. You point out that NCLB is driving schools toward mediocrity and that is surely true, but I think only incidental to the main focus of the legislation. After listening to Kozol and thinking about it, I believe NCLB is primarily about paving the way for vouchers, which is to say, buttressing the pillars of racism. This comes as a dreary, but not surprising, realization.

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