The story of Snow White, a lovely girl who ate the poison apple that was given by the absurd queen. She was put to a deep sleep, but with the care of the dwarfs, the princess survived until the prince came to the rescue. This story is happening in our society, but it is a morbid version. Our princess, education, has been poisoned by the deadly poison apple, No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Unlike Snow White, we do not have dwarfs to take care of education, and to this day, our prince, our savior has not yet appeared; she is just left there. NCLB, the poison apple, is what is currently keeping Princess education asleep and impeding its prosperity. In the beginning, NCLB looked like a delicious and healthy apple that seemed very beneficial to
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Charter schools are run by private organizations or corporations and they are run by the government so they do not have to follow NCLB. The quote goes, “Cyber-charters, which offered online instructions to students at home, were receiving full payment for each student and amassing multimillion-dollar reserves” (Ravitch 134); Charter schools is an investment, a way for big corporations to make money; they get millions of dollars for funding yet they can only be a cyber school. The quote states, “Most KIPP schools consistently outperform traditional public schools in the same neighborhood. But KIPP schools often have a high attrition rate” (Ravitch 136).Unlike public schools, they do not have to accept students that they do not seen fit while public schools are required to accept all. By not following the NCLB, charter schools would definitely pass the adequate yearly progress because they only accept students that are above average and with large amounts of funding, there is almost no way for charter schools to fail. Charter schools are being well funded while public schools are suffering under the NCLB. Seeing how “successful” charter schools are, why should parents send their kids to “bad” public schools. According to the novel, Death and Life of the Great American School System, …show more content…
At first many did agree to this act because it sounds so perfect. What could be the harm of that one little test each year? well, it is detrimentally bad because now all schools are being ranked based on test scores and not knowledge. When students are given the chance to leave their school because it is “below average”, they might not want to leave the school because the school that they can transfer to is too far from where they lives and transportation is a problem; they might not think there is any problem with the school, it is the school system that is wrong. The article, ‘F’ for ‘No Child Left Behind’ act declares, “Not going to happen. One hundred percent perfection among the millions of American schoolchildren -- What were President Bush and congressional lawmakers thinking when they signed off on that Utopian goal” Everyone is different, everyone learns differently, having everyone reach 100 percent proficiency is a fairy tale. NCLB ideas were good for education but the predicted results were very imaginary; it is impossible for everyone to achieve proficiency because we are all
Charter schools are run by private organizations or corporations and they are run by the government so they do not have to follow NCLB. The quote goes, “Cyber-charters, which offered online instructions to students at home, were receiving full payment for each student and amassing multimillion-dollar reserves” (Ravitch 134); Charter schools is an investment, a way for big corporations to make money; they get millions of dollars for funding yet they can only be a cyber school. The quote states, “Most KIPP schools consistently outperform traditional public schools in the same neighborhood. But KIPP schools often have a high attrition rate” (Ravitch 136).Unlike public schools, they do not have to accept students that they do not seen fit while public schools are required to accept all. By not following the NCLB, charter schools would definitely pass the adequate yearly progress because they only accept students that are above average and with large amounts of funding, there is almost no way for charter schools to fail. Charter schools are being well funded while public schools are suffering under the NCLB. Seeing how “successful” charter schools are, why should parents send their kids to “bad” public schools. According to the novel, Death and Life of the Great American School System, …show more content…
At first many did agree to this act because it sounds so perfect. What could be the harm of that one little test each year? well, it is detrimentally bad because now all schools are being ranked based on test scores and not knowledge. When students are given the chance to leave their school because it is “below average”, they might not want to leave the school because the school that they can transfer to is too far from where they lives and transportation is a problem; they might not think there is any problem with the school, it is the school system that is wrong. The article, ‘F’ for ‘No Child Left Behind’ act declares, “Not going to happen. One hundred percent perfection among the millions of American schoolchildren -- What were President Bush and congressional lawmakers thinking when they signed off on that Utopian goal” Everyone is different, everyone learns differently, having everyone reach 100 percent proficiency is a fairy tale. NCLB ideas were good for education but the predicted results were very imaginary; it is impossible for everyone to achieve proficiency because we are all