No Child Left Behind
No Child Left Behind This subject is a passion and a pet peeve of mine and this is an expansion on the response to a classmate’s discussion post. Legislation has everything to do with our public education system and our children’s future which will require changes to advance standards for schools, teachers and students. This subject has become more fuel for disagreements between two political parties and budget cuts in spending, According to an article in Governing States and Localities, “ Title I grants would be steady at $14.5 billion, although the budget release noted that states that receive No Child Left Behind waivers will have more flexibility in how they spend that money” (Scott, 2012). Hopefully this will be a sign of improvement for the horrific run down classrooms and much needed new books and supplies including provisions for higher learning and colleges. The No Child Left Behind Act was passed in 2002 to raise the substandard of poor and black communities and neighborhoods to a level the same as the affluent white schools. In North Carolina, the remapping of school districts to include both groups was just the beginning of an overhaul which was not well received in the better supplied schools (Education Week. 2004). Conversely, the NCLBA promoted a goal of making all students proficient in math and reading by 2014. According to The New York Times, “The latest results on the most important nationwide math test show that student achievement grew faster during the years before the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, when states were dominant in education policy, than over the years since, when the federal law has become a powerful force in classroom” (Dillon, 2009). The aid and attempts to reform the deterioration of our public school systems by the government has failed since 2002 to move forward on the nation’s educational needs thus far. An article in the New York Times claims the Senate education committee voted in favor of a bipartisan bill
References: Dillon, S. (2009,2012). The New York Times. No child left behind. Retrieved from www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/education/15math.html?ref=nochildleftbehindact&_r=0 Education Week. (2004). No child left behind. Retrieved from www.edweek.org/ew/issues/no- child-left-behind/ Scott, D. Governing the States and Localities. (2012). Obama 's education budget focuses on teachers and higher ed. Retrieved from http://www.governing.com/news/federal/gov-obamas-education-budget-focus-teachers-higher-ed.html