Kimberle
WL Vet
- Joined
- Jul 11, 2003
Is it working?
People in my community & state are getting very upset & frustrated. I'll give you an example:
My dd will be starting kindergarten in the fall. There are 13 elementary schools in my town. We "lucked out" to have boughten our home in one of the best. There were abt 3 put on the "NCLB warning list". Many of Brittany's friends are slated to attend this school. One of my employees children attend (her ds is now in middle school, her dd in 2nd grade.) This school is a Spanish Imersion school as well. Hense, many immigrent children are buses so they can attend their classes in Spanish. When the NCLB tests are given, many of the children don't do well because they just don't "understand" Many of the parents of Brittany's friends are panicing & looking for private schools. My employee says it is just like any other school, the kids who want to do "well" and have involved parents, do well.
I also have friends from all over the country who feel the teaching now is to "focused" on the constant preperation for these tests. Learning subjects such as art, are minimulized because they have no effect on the test scores. I have a couple of friends who've just pulled their kids out to homeschool out of this frustration.
Since my dd is going to be starting kindergarten in the fall, this is a whole new ballpark for me. I was educated in the rural mid-west. The education system is just so different now.
What do you think?
People in my community & state are getting very upset & frustrated. I'll give you an example:
My dd will be starting kindergarten in the fall. There are 13 elementary schools in my town. We "lucked out" to have boughten our home in one of the best. There were abt 3 put on the "NCLB warning list". Many of Brittany's friends are slated to attend this school. One of my employees children attend (her ds is now in middle school, her dd in 2nd grade.) This school is a Spanish Imersion school as well. Hense, many immigrent children are buses so they can attend their classes in Spanish. When the NCLB tests are given, many of the children don't do well because they just don't "understand" Many of the parents of Brittany's friends are panicing & looking for private schools. My employee says it is just like any other school, the kids who want to do "well" and have involved parents, do well.
I also have friends from all over the country who feel the teaching now is to "focused" on the constant preperation for these tests. Learning subjects such as art, are minimulized because they have no effect on the test scores. I have a couple of friends who've just pulled their kids out to homeschool out of this frustration.
Since my dd is going to be starting kindergarten in the fall, this is a whole new ballpark for me. I was educated in the rural mid-west. The education system is just so different now.
What do you think?