Teachers of the Year: "Change NCLB"

After meeting at the White House to celebrate their selections as Teachers of the Year, 50 of the educators called for major changes to the so-called No Child Left Behind law as it heads for debate in Congress.

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[NewOrleansGShine]

NCLB DID NOT PROTECT MY 11 YEAR OLD SON TO GET AN APPROPICIATE EDUCATION FROM THE PUBLIC SYSTEM ETC. MORE STUDENTS ARE FAILING. AND ARE LEFT BEHIND. ESPECIALLY THE POOR MALES AND LOW PREFORMING SCHOOLS.Where the NCLB budget is cut every year!!

Sister Demetries Holmes

[favoritefoods]

The NCLB Act is a bad one based on faulty premises. REPEAL the NCLB Act.

[mikko522]

NCLB should be scraped! Frankly some should be left behind! Then their parents need to become active participants in the childs education instead of relying on school as a free babysitting service.

[fahs]

I am a union memeber and was laid off last month.

NEA has done nothing for those of us that have been laid off. No help finding another job. No help with retrainning programs. No help with administration or politicians to save our jobs.

You certainly have done a great job helping unqualified teachers. You have done a great job giving $ to politicians that don't care and $ to elections that push a social agenda and do not have a thing to do with education.

[ManchuDan22]

SAY AMEN!!! Boy, the Teacher's Unions must be loving this Propaganda Rant.

"Nobody respects me", "this is an attack on teachers", WHAAAAAAAA!!

There is a very good reason why people disrespect public education, IT SUCKS!

What is the HS dropout rate for the US?

What is the literacy rate for HS grads?

What are the SAT and ACT scores, as compared to 20 years ago?

Are teachers make more money every year, in failing schools?

You must EARN respect!

[swchapin]

as a student this explains why i did so poor on my PSAT and SAT and now taking 1 year of remedial classes, but though i should just have patience

[skaismith]

Thank God me and hubby have decided to homeschool our 10 yr old. I don't blame the teachers at all. It's this NCLB mess. Our son started school ahead when he was in K (reading on a 1st grade level and was awsome in math), well he's now reading on a 2-3 rd grade level and his Math sucks :-(

Homeschool here we come, HOORAY!!!!!!!

[xjeninTN]

WHAT?! All teachers do is take responsibility. We are responsible for everything. I have spent hundreds of dollars since I have been teaching buying school supplies, clothes, and food fro my students. I take time to watch their sporting events and extra curricular activities. I tutor students after school free of charge 3 days a week.

[CJohns53]

Thanks to the teachers who spoke out about the problems that already existed before Bush signed the NCLB in 2001, and kids were coming into classes for the first time where they could be held back if they weren't ready to go to the next grade. I must mention that many students had no reason to try since they would passed to the next grade anyway. Clinton endorsed the ending of "Social Promotion." Then to slap these ridiculous tests on kids already behind is an insult to everybody's intelligence.

[NewOrleansGShine]

my son is a dyslexia 504 accommodations students who is two grades behind. He have taken the leap test 3 or more times, still have not progress!

Why are children with a learning disability taking the same leap test with normal students who do not have 504, or dyslexia etc

The NCLB LAW NEEDS SOME SERIOUS CHANGES!!!

Sister Demetries Holmes For the children who are left Behind

[favoritefoods]

These teachers What they say is true.

Warning: Watch out for growth standards P-12, P-13, P-16, and P-20 Councils. Follow the money and ask, "Who profits?" Answer: The testing and publishing companies as well the school superintendents, not the students or teachers.

I ask, "When will the citizens of this country quit teacher bashing?" If you can read this, thank your teachers!