No Child Left Behind

No child left behind (NCLB)is a number of federal programs aimed at improving the progress in our elementary and secondary schools. It has to be updated every few years and usually gets changed slightly with whoever is in power at the time. The goal right now is to meet adequate yearly progress or (AYP). The expectations for tis goes up every year until schools are eventually expected to meet 100%.These are the requirements for the state of Minnesota.




NCLB Making a Difference in Minnesota




Recently we were asked to talk to a teacher about what their thoughts were on no child left behind. Here is what my teacher had to say.

“It is good in some ways. It is good to have standards. It is good to keep track of students. It is good to have a goal and no child left behind does this. The only thins is that the goal is unattainable. You will never be able to reach 100%. Right now it is fine when you are expected to reach 60% or 75% but once they are expecting you to have 100% in however many years, that is just simply impossible. I just hope that they don’t follow through with all the punishments that they had originally proposed when t comes time to not meeting that percentile. Schools have their own standards too. These help with keeping track of students progress too. In the end these things kind of come and go with every new politician so I never worry about them too much myself.”