NCLB

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Originally Posted by Kevin

Here in OKC, NCLB has been great. My wife, a teacher hates it. My mother, a teacher, hates it... I just have to point out to them that despite the fact that they have to put up with this annoying testing, the benefits realized by the students have been great.

Here in Oklahoma City, our public schools have year after year been complete failures. NCLB finally held them accountable. The result? Charter schools moved in -- a lot of charter schools. Now, those same kids who were dropping out are going to college.

It seems that most of the opponents of NCLB are laser-focused on the success of our schools. Unfortunately, they seem to be so focused on that aspect of things that they forget all about the success of the students.

This may be why the program was not called "No Teacher Left Behind" - it appears quite a few have been . . . although I must admit, teachers make the best half-assed analogies to distribute via email.