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Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?
Posted by Cyn on 6/26/08
On 6/26/08, Tessa- 1st / FL wrote:
> On 6/26/08, is it so bad? wrote:
>> I have never understood what is so awful about NCLB except
>> that it never really follows through on anything as far as I
>> have witnessed. So it is a gun with no ammo. It shoots
>> blanks. It comes up short. It never quite rises to the
>> occasion. What I am trying to say I guess is it is impotent
>> and (erectile) dysfunctional.
>>
>>
>> On 6/26/08, What's the worst thing about NCLB? The testing?
>> wrote:
>>> Is it Reading First? Or the testing? Or a combination?
>
> Yes, it is that bad. My first graders are denied recess so we
> can fill their heads with knowledge so they can keep us an "A"
> school: when they take the test in third grade! It is so
> unhealthy to put so much pressure on kids.
>
> Reading First or not: NCLB will be horrid until they back off
> of the testing. Don't embarass schools: help them!
NCLB is a mess! Anything that forces my second graders to sneak
books of their choice to read under their desks is a failure in my
book. Yes they actually try to hide books the want to read because
under the reading first "law" they are not allowed to read anything
but houghton mifflin books during the reading block.
Posts on this thread, including this one
If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/26/08, by What's the worst thing about NCLB? The testing?.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/26/08, by is it so bad?.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/26/08, by Tessa- 1st / FL.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/26/08, by Cyn.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/27/08, by I don't understand?.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/27/08, by I don't understand.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 6/27/08, by C. Wilson .
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 6/27/08, by parent .
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 6/27/08, by a first grade teacher.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 6/28/08, by Kim/AR/math.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/29/08, by Kim/AR/math.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/30/08, by Tessa- 1st / FL.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 6/30/08, by So NCLB is causing autism--interesting. NFM.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/30/08, by Kim/AR/math.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/30/08, by Jan.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/30/08, by Jan.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 6/30/08, by GA teach.
Re: yikes: educators defending NCLB??, 6/30/08, by Tessa- 1st / FL.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 7/01/08, by Kim/AR/math.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 7/01/08, by NCLB has nothing to do with the rise in autism.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 7/03/08, by Autism NCLB=Maybe I'll do a dissertation- CW.
Re: NCLB does not cause autism, 7/04/08, by interesting....
Re: NCLB does not cause autism, 7/07/08, by NCLB causes genital warts MY DISSERTATION.
Re: NCLB does not cause autism, 7/09/08, by ashley.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 7/17/08, by steve.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 7/27/08, by lynne/ca.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 7/30/08, by Tracy.
Re: If Reading First is abandoned, will NCLB be less horrid?, 7/31/08, by abc.
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 9/07/08, by Terri F..
Re: The Worst Thing About NCLB , 9/17/08, by Tessa- FL.
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