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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Discontent with NCLB Grows
Art's right here. It isn't NCLB that has created weak thinkers, weak problem solvers. It is the watered down exectations, rote memorization, and aching boredom of traditional classroom. Test prep has not make things any better. I'm all for bashing NCLB, but I'd like to see it done rationally. NCLB isn't working, but we need to do a better job of showing the ways it isn't. Nancy Nancy Patterson, PhD Literacy Studies Program Chair College of Education Grand Valley State University 920 Eberhard Center 301 W. Fulton Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 616-331-6226 patterna@gvsu.edu http://faculty.gvsu.edu/patterna >>> ABurke5054@aol.com 08/19/05 10:30 AM >>> In a message dated 8/19/2005 6:07:41 AM Pacific Standard Time, bobschaeffer@earthlink.net writes: ...Ms. Bruni says that one of the biggest indications of NCLB's failure comes from the business community, which has found that students are "graduating as poor communicators, really weak critical thinkers, weak problem solvers." _____________________________________________________ The fact that 2005 12th graders have weak skills is the fault of a law passed in 2001. And we totally believe that the business community is blaming NCLB for this. Right. Spin city gone wild. Art
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