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[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: NCLB on YouTube
"What were we thinking?" you ask, when we passed NCLB .? We were thinking that children need and deserve good schools, but that unfortunately too many children are not getting the things they should be getting out of school.? We were thinking that we need standards for what children should know and be able to do and tests to determine whether they know and can do what they they should.? We were thinking that states should improve their schools, particularly schools that serve .poor children, minority children, children with disabilities, and children learning English.? We were thinking how tired we were of the endless excuses that kids are too poor, tests are too fallible, and taxpayers are too stingy.? And I am thinking that with people loose in the schools like the ones in the video, with a teachers' union suing to stop states from spending their own money on their schools, and with frivolous and phony agendas pushed by groups such as FairTest, thank God we have No Child Left Behind.? Art -----Original Message----- From: GERALD BRACEY <gbracey1@verizon.net> To: eddra@yahoogroups.com; LiteracyForAll@yahoogroups.com; arn-l@interversity.org Sent: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:10 am Subject: [arn-l] NCLB on YouTube There is now a 9:25 video about NCLB at www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSTzLILQx3c. It was produced by a Fairfax County teacher, Katie Keier, and a videographer friend, Joe Landreth. Let us know what you think--I'm sure constructive feedback will be welcome. My initial understanding was that it was to dispel ignorance about what the law actually said, and I spent my time talking about the law's contents. The video has me talking about AYP, 100% proficiency, and the choice option, but it seems to me it came out more talking about the law's impacts which are not necessarily functions of the law's provisions--e.g., test scores arriving late, high performing students using the choice option, etc. Other versions are anticipated which make more use of interviews with students. Katie and Joe are on the EDDRA list so they'll automatically see anything that turns up there. I can relay anything from LFA or ARN. Jerry = ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
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