No Child Left Behind: The needs of children vs politicians 15 Articles

by Con Fusion

Why do we have government? What is its purpose? Who is it for? With politics as seemingly brutal as they are these days it can be easy to stray away from the fundamentals of government and instead become cynical to the sys...read more

by Mileah K Shore

When it comes to having an opinion on school issues, the authorities in charge should not ignore the wishes of the people who just so happen to be paying the bills through taxes. These people would be the parents. Sure, pa...read more

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by Warren Longwell

With the election fast approaching, I'm running out of time to pick on my favorite whipping boy, George W. Bush. So today I offer you a trip down memory lane to a time before the Patriot Act, before the Iraq invasion, befo...read more

by Teri Hooper

No Child Left Behind is a farce! It was a farce from the get-go. It was an oxymoron, never intending to be something that actually helped education. It was a backdoor attempt to destroy education, make our schools fail,...read more

by Sean Davis

The No Child Left Behind initiative, may sound like a good thing when it comes to the education of our nations children but it fails in its attempt to provide adequate education for all of the children. It is a good idea ...read more

by B. Rock

No Child Left Behind is coming up for renewal, and there is a tough choice to make - keep it, leave, it, or change it? Why do politicians cling to No Child Left Behind? There's a few reasons. For one, it was a bipar...read more

by Art Vandelay

Florida was one of the first states to adopt a policy consistent with that of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. The main aspect of the NCLB is a standardized test that students at several grade levels must take and pa...read more

by David Sherman

I have been living with "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) for five years. This one law has had a major impact on curriculum development, teaching, student assessment, and teacher certification. In theory, that may be a ...read more

by Get Paid

What do you think of when you hear the acronym FCAT? Is your mind flooded with beneficial or detrimental words? Ever since its introduction, there has either been avid support or fervent opposition. Everyone that has an...read more

by William Kitchin

I belieave in the no I believe in the no child left behind. I first really visited it last school year 2006-2007. It started at the end of first quarter. I never heard from any of my son's teachers and thought he was doing...read more

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by Michael Allen Carvell

This no child left behind theory is just political words for years after years I have seen and watched thousands upon thousands of children left behind most never even had a choice with this process. Grade school through c...read more

by Kate McGuiness

How can a teacher say that it is acceptable to leave a child behind? The answer to this question is what some politicians count on: teachers cannot and would not say that they would want to leave a child behind. Neverthe...read more

by David A

HOLDING BACK LIFE'S DANDELIONS, (Roosevelt Revisited) The heat of the summer is easing onto the Cumberland Plateau, public swimming pools open Monday, there have only been three newspaper reports involving my students, ...read more

by Angela Johnson

This concept is a bunch of cow dunk. How can you pass a child to the next grade if that child does not know the material they need to know. It is not fair to the children who work hard and pass on thier own. Being in th...read more

by Valerie Zwald

At first blush, on paper and in theory, it is possible that the No Child Left Behind Act could have some merit. However, once put into the real world setting of a classroom filled with actual children, the idea begins to ...read more