In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the civil rights act into law, launching the desegregation of American schools into action. With desegregation emerged the issue of equal education for poverty struck children. To address the issue President Johnson and the US congress approved the Elementary and Secondary Education act as an attempt to enhance educational opportunities for America’s poorest children. The act was part of Johnson’s war on poverty campaign designed to provide higher quality educational opportunities only to districts with the largest percentile of low-income students.
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act has been re-authorized many times, most recently in January 2002 when President George W. Bush made his mark when he signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The act changed how educational institutions design curriculums, hire teachers, and fund …show more content…
Educators were instructed not to teach using their own style. It was not effective for the students. Teachers were given state mandated curriculums to follow and were made aware that if the standard could not be reached the school itself or the instructor could face consequences. Under necessity, students are taught how to pass a test properly rather than how to make connections and comprehend material.
With NCLB came the birth of the testing generation and the death of learning conducive curriculums. The act inserts modifications that include school accountability for results, requirements of scientifically proven teaching methods, expanded options for parents; lastly, it defines a highly qualified teacher. Accountability for results asks of each district to create accountability plans. These plans include yearly-standardized tests designed to examine how each district is performing. Schools are accountable for making their own goals for core subject testing scores and face Ramification if scores fall below this goal. Weather or not a school hits the
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act has been re-authorized many times, most recently in January 2002 when President George W. Bush made his mark when he signed the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). The act changed how educational institutions design curriculums, hire teachers, and fund …show more content…
Educators were instructed not to teach using their own style. It was not effective for the students. Teachers were given state mandated curriculums to follow and were made aware that if the standard could not be reached the school itself or the instructor could face consequences. Under necessity, students are taught how to pass a test properly rather than how to make connections and comprehend material.
With NCLB came the birth of the testing generation and the death of learning conducive curriculums. The act inserts modifications that include school accountability for results, requirements of scientifically proven teaching methods, expanded options for parents; lastly, it defines a highly qualified teacher. Accountability for results asks of each district to create accountability plans. These plans include yearly-standardized tests designed to examine how each district is performing. Schools are accountable for making their own goals for core subject testing scores and face Ramification if scores fall below this goal. Weather or not a school hits the