No Child Left Behind
A couple of articles from today's papers that involve No Child Left Behind.
The New York Times Magazine today has a cover story on the achievement gap. Very much worth reading. A comprehensive and somewhat hopeful look at an issue that challenges a lot of communities, including ours.
And Bob Gibson has an article in the Progress on the recent visit to Charlottesville by Ellen Sauerbrey, assistant secretary of state for refugees, and of how grossly unfair NCLB is to schools when it comes to non-English speakers. Refugees and other non-English speaking students are given one year - one year! - to be on grade level, as measured by the SOL exams. Otherwise their performance is counted against the school system for meeting NCLB standards and accreditation.
The New York Times Magazine today has a cover story on the achievement gap. Very much worth reading. A comprehensive and somewhat hopeful look at an issue that challenges a lot of communities, including ours.
And Bob Gibson has an article in the Progress on the recent visit to Charlottesville by Ellen Sauerbrey, assistant secretary of state for refugees, and of how grossly unfair NCLB is to schools when it comes to non-English speakers. Refugees and other non-English speaking students are given one year - one year! - to be on grade level, as measured by the SOL exams. Otherwise their performance is counted against the school system for meeting NCLB standards and accreditation.
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