We have seen in the recent passage of the Health Care and Education Reform Act that one important goal of the Obama Administration in the area of education reform has been passed into law: Loan origination will be through the Federal Government. Additional reforms will be handled in legislation as follows:
- The fiscal 1011 Budget
- Reform to the Bush Administration’s No Child Left Behind Act.
Some of the most sweeping changes will be found in the revisions to the No Child Left Behind Act.
- The goal of student proficiency in reading and math by 2014 would change to a standard of “college and career readiness” for students by 2020. As 2014 has approached, it’s become clear that the proficiency goal won’t be reached in that time frame. With the new goal, administration officials are focusing less on grade-level attainment and more on the skills that students will need for school or work after high school.
- Although reading and math tests would remain in the administration’s proposal, schools could also include student performance in other subjects as part of overall measurements of progress. Critics say that the current education law has narrowed the curriculum for students: Many teachers zero in on math and reading at the expense of other subjects to help students prepare for the required tests.
- Evaluations of schools would shift, being less punitive and offering more rewards. A common complaint of No Child Left Behind is that it labels too many schools as simply failing. The new proposal sets forth a multitiered system: One tier would identify the 5 percent of schools struggling the most in each state, while other tiers would apply to schools facing less-severe challenges. Different remedies are outlined for different tiers in the blueprint.
- More federal funding would be switched from formula-based allocations to competitive grants. The new system would build on the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program, which has offered stimulus money to states that both apply for the education funds in a competition and demonstrate a reform-oriented approach.
- Schools that miss certain targets would not be required by the federal government to provide students with tutoring or with the option to transfer. Education Secretary Arne Duncan has objected to such requirements in No Child Left Behind, according to Education Week. Opposition to this has been swift.the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee: “It’s disappointing to see [tutoring] and school choice removed from the parental toolbox, particularly because it appears the focus is shifting to the needs of schools rather than the needs of students.” [Christian Science Monitor]
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LisaInTX
April 21, 2010
I see that discipline is not mentioned……
Spare the rod, spoil the child…..but with the left loons they are getting for teachers these days—I wouldn’t want them touching my kid either.
Here is a cool story about the paddle making a come back and getting POSITIVE results. It worked in my day and most kid’s don’t want a paddling, thus learn to behave themselves in school.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9F558B80.html
samhenry
April 24, 2010
I’m all for the paddle, Lisa. I have student boarders from other countries who cannot believe how US students talk to their teachers. Most of these international students have been paddled or scared they will be and it works.