Comments on: The Law Won http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/the-law-won.html Education News, Analysis, and Commentary Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:00:28 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/the-law-won.html/comment-page-1#comment-673 Anonymous Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:23:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-law-won.html#comment-673 Dropout rates are too high, but are not rising.<br/><br/>CCCR founded in the 1980s. Visit the website. Dropout rates are too high, but are not rising.

CCCR founded in the 1980s. Visit the website.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/the-law-won.html/comment-page-1#comment-672 Anonymous Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:38:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-law-won.html#comment-672 There are definitely cross purposes and two minds about NCLB when it comes to how it helps or hurts poor and minority children. While scores may be up in certain zones, dropout rates seem to be on the increase. This is intuitive and backed by research showing that as standards rise - say Core 40 in Indiana - dropouts increase.<br/><br/>Yet, from a teaching perspective, NCLB is a disaster because of it's lack of flexibility, its militaristic sequences and testing mandates. Does this "work" for increasing achievement outcomes for traditionally underperforming schools?<br/><br/>The Citizens Commission on Civil Rights seems to think so, and, less my ignorance, I'm wondering if this Commission is a new player in the arena, where they came from, and what their future is. They just teamed up with Kati Haycock at Ed Trust and La Rasa and others to promote continued and more rigorous standards - an obvious nudge to NCLB. Any clarity on the power or not of the Citizens Commission would be insightful and appreciated. There are definitely cross purposes and two minds about NCLB when it comes to how it helps or hurts poor and minority children. While scores may be up in certain zones, dropout rates seem to be on the increase. This is intuitive and backed by research showing that as standards rise – say Core 40 in Indiana – dropouts increase.

Yet, from a teaching perspective, NCLB is a disaster because of it’s lack of flexibility, its militaristic sequences and testing mandates. Does this “work” for increasing achievement outcomes for traditionally underperforming schools?

The Citizens Commission on Civil Rights seems to think so, and, less my ignorance, I’m wondering if this Commission is a new player in the arena, where they came from, and what their future is. They just teamed up with Kati Haycock at Ed Trust and La Rasa and others to promote continued and more rigorous standards – an obvious nudge to NCLB. Any clarity on the power or not of the Citizens Commission would be insightful and appreciated.

]]> By: Angela Norton Tyler http://www.eduwonk.com/2008/04/the-law-won.html/comment-page-1#comment-669 Angela Norton Tyler Wed, 30 Apr 2008 00:28:00 +0000 http://www.eduwonk.com/wordpress/2008/04/the-law-won.html#comment-669 NCLB will be around until teachers and principals revolt! I just blogged about how crazy K-12 educators have become during Spring Testing Madness- and how they are turning to parents in desperation. Only the people dealing with NCLB on a daily basis can appreciate how horrible and limiting it really is. NCLB will be around until teachers and principals revolt! I just blogged about how crazy K-12 educators have become during Spring Testing Madness- and how they are turning to parents in desperation. Only the people dealing with NCLB on a daily basis can appreciate how horrible and limiting it really is.

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