No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

• How do we incorporate diversity into education?
• Help lower test anxiety!
• Reading and Math
• What about science and social studies?
• 4 Pillars holding NCLB
• Stronger accountability for states and communities.
• Proven education methods
• More choices for parents
• Disadvantaged youth get same education
• Success = More Money (Is that right?)
• Race to the Top?
• Teachers are most important?
• Education as war?
• Provide resources
• It takes resources away if schools don't succeed or do well on tests.
• Argument for
• We are taking the ostrich approach by doing nothing.
• Ostrich approach is putting your head in the sand and ignoring the problem
• Law states teachers' fail
• Student comes in at 4th grade reading level in 7th grade.  Teach him up to a 6th grade reading level, law says teachers fail.
• Measure the elephant vs. Feed the elephant (Milton Chen's Education Nation)
• Special Education and highly qualified teachers
• Many Special Education teachers teach main subjects, they are not highly qualified.
• Reason for education
• To teach students how to read, write, and do math
• To help students find out who they are
• To help students find their voice and help them respect each other