I have a question for the forum, and I'm not being snarky.
Does criticizing your opponent work better than highlighting your own goals and proposals?
I changed Cindy's mind about McCain/Palin after pointing her to McCain's proposals for education.
So, that seems to work. For reasonable people, anyway.
LOL...well, actually, one can not change another person's mind. However, you 've provided ideas and proposals that have helped me become more informed. . .'tis true.
By the way, you did not, however, change my mind with regard to the details within the very ACT of the No Child Left Behind.
There are still many issues within the act itself.
You were not able to convince me that the NCLB act expects 95% as opposed to 100% being asked to read and compute math by 2014. The NCLB act never stated that 95% of children must be able to read at level. It did, however, expect 100% of all chilren will read at grade level. Special Education students included. That must be changed. The bell curve was missing.
Perhaps we shall see changed in this act within the next few year. Hope for the child, as too many good teachers are leaving the PS system left and right because of the outrageous punitive actions taken against good schools.
The system is broken. The method of calculating progress made , well, is -----simply not fair, and filled with holes.
On this, my friend, we shall never agree.
C*