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Real Teachers opinions on NCLB

by Reagan Whitten

Aug 20, 2010

My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers and what they think. Is there anything you like about NCLB? What do you not like about it? How does NCLB effect you in your classroom? Does this legislation effect how you teach? How? Thanks for your thoughts!!

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B. Volheim On 8/20/10, Reagan Whitten wrote: > My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to > become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was > wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers > and what they think. > Is there anything you like about NCLB? > What do you not like about it? > How does NCLB effect you...See More

Sep 12, 2010

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Carol On 9/12/10, B. Volheim wrote: > On 8/20/10, Reagan Whitten wrote: >> My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to >> become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was >> wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers >> and what they think. >> Is there anything you like about NCLB? >> W...See More

Sep 18, 2010

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Honorata On 9/18/10, Carol wrote: > On 9/12/10, B. Volheim wrote: >> On 8/20/10, Reagan Whitten wrote: >>> My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to >>> become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was >>> wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers >>> and what they think. >>...See MoreOn 9/18/10, Carol wrote: > On 9/12/10, B. Volheim wrote: >> On 8/20/10, Reagan Whitten wrote: >>> My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to >>> become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was >>> wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers >>> and what they think. >>> Is there anything you like about NCLB? >>> What do you not like about it? >>> How does NCLB effect you in your classroom? >>> Does this legislation effect how you teach? How? >>> Thanks for your thoughts!! >> >> Reagan, >> I teach English at a high school that is poor and inner-city >> and has been identified as failing because of test scores. >> We were first put on probation, then failed as a school. The >> state has threatened to take our schools (there are three >> total in our community) if we do not submit a plan to raise >> these scores. The socio-economics of the neighborhood, the >> family structure, ESL, and the lack of funding are probably >> the most integral parts of the student population not meeting >> the arbitrary scores. The politicans of our country seem to >> know what is best for our students and their educations. For >> me, NCLB is nothing more than than an image booster for >> politicans and a money-maker for testing companies. Real >> education does not begin with testing, but with a well- >> rounded curriculum so students can understand how something >> does not stand alone, but is inter-connected with many other >> things. The effect of NCLB in the classroom is that teachers >> begin teaching the test and the students are shortchanged on >> curriculum that could benefit them later in life, ie. college >> and work. I tend to ramble, but NCLB has caused a multitude >> of problems, answered nothing, and has driven away many >> people who might have changed the lives of students. Good >> luck to you! Hello Reagan, I am a middleschool art teacher. I am working on my master's in instructional design and this is a hot topic on our blog. In the classroom the changer are very evident. Less time on the content more time explaing what we teach and why. On the plus size if you look hard, NCLB created a push in education and everyone works harder to get students to increase students knowledge, it may include teaching to the test, but if a teacher develops a personal connection with students and finds ways of connecting classroom to the outside knowledge needed in the future then it does not have to be like pulling teeth. The general problem is funding and feer of segregation of educational system, which was desegregated for so many years. Hopefully there would be something possitive that will come out of NCLB, but right now it is just hard to tell.

Sep 23, 2010

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Simone I have been a science teacher in NYC and Atlanta for almost 8 years. NCLB has pushed the state of American education into the sewer. I graduated from a NYC high school that had a 38% graduation rate( I question those figures...) yet my school had a culinary arts program, a nursing program, ROTC program and a elementary ed program. So at my "low per...See More

Sep 23, 2010

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Les N Plans On 8/20/10, Reagan Whitten wrote: > My name is Reagan and I am currently going to school to > become a teacher. I have a project on NCLB and was > wondering if I could get a few opinions from real teachers > and what they think. > Is there anything you like about NCLB? > What do you not like about it? > How does NCLB effect you...See More

Sep 27, 2010

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