YouTube Debate: No Child Left Behind - Scrap or Revise?

On July 23, 2007, CNN and YouTube partnered to sponsor the first Democratic primary debate of the 2008 election cycle. Questions were asked by citizens from around the country by uploading personal videos to the YouTube website.

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[naakkve10]

For people who really don't understand how NCLB impacts a student:

We have to take endless amounts of standardized tests. ENDLESS amounts. The standards for being a poor student and being a great student have changed dramatically. If you are a slacker, you're as good as retarded. Basically, it's a pain in all of our asses and NO ONE, teachers included, likes it.

[NowhereWarm]

what about english and history? not just science and math. No child left behind is bull, it doesn't help everyone become more educated, it helps everyone become less educated so those who care about learning have to sit through extremely slow moving classes, so everyone can "understand". Why dumb down everything, and not give extra help to those who need it, not those who ended up in the same class as those who need it?

[ejaapl]

Just working on a project for English on excessive testing, and with some simple math (not the most accurate) I came up with about 107 tests in high school. I guess we shouldn't be called Generation text anymore. Generation Test seems more accurate.

[zadeh79]

No rich white child left behind, is more like it.

[skydome29]

Bush when he implemented it thought only one thing: engineers and scientists/mathematicians. He wanted the usa to pump them out hoping to fix his broken mess. (I have absolutely no opposition to the above fields, but when they and their classes are solely enforced, at the great expense of others it benefits no one. I feel scientific literacy and mathematical understanding and language literacy are absolutely vital but not all that should be required.

[horrifiedteacher]

Dream team for 2012...Hillary as President, Diane Ravitch as Secretary of Education.

[Rw7451]

This crap doesn't work. It has only drawn back in educating the people. If you're retarded, then join the special ed program. The majority shouldn't be punished for other people being slow. #Hate ignorance.

[AsherSax]

By the time a student is in high school, he or she has the ability to decide for his or herself whether or not to be a slacker. If a child slacks off in class, why hold back those who aren't slacking? The young adults need to be separated from the children (as far as maturity goes), even if that means leaving a lot of students behind. They should be given LOTS of notification about this in elementary school and junior high, but once high school starts, it SHOULD be getting down to business.

[alikakanet]

the children need good socilty enviement and good family enviorment ,that children have hope dream in lift

[lvll138inrs]

standarized testing is needed in order to evaluate children. we cannot and should not let teachers evaluate the students.

[j4mes570]

i love how they hate it but we still have it (food 4 thought)

[tanofan25]

You can take a horse to water but you can't make that horse drink it.

Same thing with teachers. You can have the best qualified teachers. But if the kids are too lazy and do not care and the parents do not parent and teach anything at home, it is a lost cause.

Plus you have special ed kids and autistic kids who are needy and need reasonable accomodations to help them with their learning.