Education Reform Means Reassessing and Reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
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Posted By: Paul Adams on February 22, 2010 The recent federal push for education reform has reintroduced the discussion over No Child Left Behind, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, ESEA, as well as putting the focus on the need of a unified and country-wide effort to rebuild our education system from the inside. Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, a long-standing proponent of reauthorizing the ESEA, is using President Obama’s increased education budget to reiterate some of the better points of the failed No Child Left behind Act. Debates have run the gamut over No Child Left Behind, NCLB. Educators and administration feel that they were over scrutinized and underfunded; most of them felt that there was too much focus being put on testing and not teaching their students. Parents saw the plan as ineffective, to say the very least. In a speech near the end of 2009, Secretary Duncan said of NCLB, “I will always give NCLB credit for exposing achievement gaps, and for requiring that we measure our efforts to improve education by looking at outcomes, rather than inputs. NCLB helped expand the standards and accountability movement.” The theme is becoming undeniable. What Secretary Duncan referred to as the “accountability movement” is the crux of the Providence Effect Movement to Save American Education. We support both President Obama and Secretary Duncan’s positions that if proponents of the American education system want real change, there needs to be accountability for all involved including students, politicians, educators, administration and the community at large. It has to be a matter of all for one, and one for all, for change. If you enjoyed this article, Join BlackInAmerica.com today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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In this mist of all this reform, which is greatly needed. Better oversight is also needed. I wonder how they are going to address the social promotion issue that is and has been hurting our children. Here in NJ, there is still way too much focus on testing, most of all funding is going toward administrative cost (teacher's salaries included) just check the pie chart on how the money is spent. Not enough reaching the actual classrooms. NCLB is and has been used to justified passing children to the next grade level when they clearly are not properly prepared. I wish they would hold public forums to get input from others. I'll remain optimistic about this. We need the RIght Change, not just any change from what is currently in place.
Monday, February 22nd 2010 at 10:36PM |
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Irma, we completely agree on the importance of students developing informed pride in their heritage and who they are. Best practices in schools should include studying novels and poetry by African and African America Authors as well as about African and African American life. Students discuss this literature and should connect it to the students’ lives whenever possible.. The school library should always include a number of books pertaining to, written by, and written about African Americans. African American life is also depicted through art as the choruses heard, sang and studied music important in African American history. Students can produce visual art reflective of the African and African American experience. The schools could be open on Martin Luther King Day providing an opportunity for assemblies and other activities which provide a celebration of King’s life and an opportunity for students to reflect on civil rights and King’s contribution. Schools should send the message that people of African and African American heritage have achieved great things and that their students can also achieve great things. These activities provide positive expectations for students and help them to become their best possible selves. Wednesday, February 24th 2010 at 10:44AM |
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Any kinds of reforms in our public education system that does not have minority- ethnic (WHICH TEACHES PRIDE IN WHO YOU ARE ) study on the teaching agenda is going to work as good as all of the others- it is not going to work!!!...oh, and lets not leave out s*x education, because these prejudices and social rules trying to socialize Mother Nature,which I define as natural human behaviors...is just a new verson to use the excuse of ..THAT ONe FELL THROUGH THE CRACK... mE, I ALREADY KNOW WHAT A KILL JOY I AM...BUT I HAVE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO HAVE SEEN oUR GRADE SCHOOLS FREE OF CRIMES (like gang wars for drug terrory) WHERE CHILDREN COULD PLAY IN SAFTY...when we had gyms and not just talk about our children being obest and our job is done, children bringing from home a healthy lunce and not being demeaned as poor, differnt, loosers...I have lived long enough to know how our children had pride in who and what they were and not public address lessons on how they ae going to be failuars, because____________!!!no, i doubt if any of this will even come up in the meetings of this new "no child left behind".(SMILE) nOW WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN WE KEEP DOING THE SAME THING AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT OUT COME...the more monies the worst the out come is going to be, period!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(smile) Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM |
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