No Child Left Behind Act

No Child Left Behind an Issue of Federalism Since the time that the Constitution was signed and the government of the United States was created, there have been many disputes in regards to the balance of power between the State Government and the Federal Government. The equal sharing of powers between these two branches is known as Federalism and it has been the cornerstone of our government for hundreds of years. In the eyes of the founding fathers this system of divided powers was far…

leave this nation in the wrong hands. At the heart of controversy is the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) and its effects on the school system. Many have come to the conclusion that No Child Left Behind needs to be eliminated, but some disagree on whether or not the NCLB’s implication of standardized testing is an accurate form of interpreting a student's learning. Many people believe that the No Child Left Behind act is damaging to the school systems. Authors like Diane Ravitch believe that…

What is the no Child Left behind Reform? The No Child Left behind Act of 2001 was signed into law on January 8, 2002. This Education-reform bill was developed by President George W. Bush to help disadvantages students by changing the procedures and standards that public school systems practice. It emphasize on funding, achievement rates, and school responsibility over the students’ progress. An online article named The New Rules, states that “it is the most sweeping education-reform legislation…

hire, keep, and maintain a good work environment for quality teachers by providing bonuses and merit raises. Parent involvement is a vital part of a students’ education. According to the No Child Left Behind Act of (2001), one of the ways schools are asked to increase student performance is to (No Child Left Behind, Granville Co. Schools) 5 have access to the schools’ annual report card, which shows the performances of the schools, the qualification of teachers, and the names of the schools that…

If I told you that your child was getting sent to school and was not learning, what would you do? If I told you that your child’s school has the lowest standardized test scores in the area, would you want to withdraw your child? The school board is thinking about foreclosing your child’s school because they are not getting high enough standardized test scores. Due to their very low test scores the government is not funding the school as they should be funded. Without the money they needed from…

Pros of No Child Left Behind Does anyone ever want to see a child fail at anything? I am sure your answer is probably no? But several years ago a topic that has reared its ugly head has been the topic of conversation in many schools and even at many of the education boards at the highest level in Congress. We must make sure that all children have the same opportunities when it comes to learning. Children learn the most when they are in the early stages of education, primarily in the elementary…

"A Pilot Study of Teachers' Perceptions of No Child Left behind and Common Core Standards." Researcher: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Spring2014, pp. 71-88. EBSCOhost, lrcproxy.iccms.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true& db.=a9h&AN=119809962&site=ends-live. The No Child Left Behind Act was highly criticized by teachers in Mississippi when it was passed by congress in 2001. While the purpose of the act was to improve educational equality,…

extra-curricular activities, students are trying to find ourselves and where they belong. By the time senior year comes around most students have already been longing for the day they finally walk across the stage and leave their high school experience behind. Unfortunately, many students who walk off that graduation stage are not walking toward a future in higher learning. The gap between high school graduates and college freshmen has always been an alarming issue. Unfortunately, many of those…

Policy Outcomes As states move forward with education reforms, some provisions of No Child Left Behind, the most current version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act stand in the way of their progress. Although NCLB was started for national student achievement, unintended consequences of NCLB have reinforced the wrong behaviors in attempting to strengthen public education. NCLB has created incentives for states to lower their standards, focusing on absolute scores, rather than…

education system. This is harmful because it means that low-income students will continue to be suppressed by the unfair socioeconomic standards of the educational system. Kozol suggests that since toddler years, low-income students start to fall behind in the educational…