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May 13, 2006
A Bunch of Children Left Behind
Wow. No state passed. Honestly, I'm surprised it is this bad. I thought NCLB was a way to funnel more money to rich schools and districts, but I think this is more indication of a broken education system that is going to take more than a bill with a catchy Orwellian name to fix. (And yes, I do still think NCLB is meant to funnel money to the rich and that it isn't the best way to improve education. It's gonna take more than threatening funding to right this ship, although I really don't know what. I confess I'm quite uninformed when it comes to education reform.)
Posted by mattalexander at May 13, 2006 11:48 AM
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I'll tell you what it will take...
For startes, shift some of that 51% of the budget that goes to the US defense fund and pay more teachers so that class sizes can decrease by half so that teachers can actually spend time teaching their kids (which might actually include lessons learned outside of the class room rather than killing unnecessary trees in the name of standardized testing, God forbid). This might allow teachers to kick some butt (in a nonviolent butt kicking sort of way) which might reduce gang violence. What has the US to defend now if in fifty years there won't be any one smart enough to make more bombs?
Selfishly, I just want my wife to stop working 12 hour days.
On another note: I was in DC this last week and one of the urban ministry centers we visted just received its first pregant 8th grader.
I'm tired.
Posted by: Scott Savage at May 20, 2006 4:44 PM
