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December 14, 2007
NCLB's many fixes can't waitAs Congress stumbles toward an end to its 2007 session, school board members want to see lawmakers get their act together and fix the broken No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) in 2008. That's the bottom line message in a Cincinnati Enquirer op-ed by John Pennycuff, the president of the Winton Woods School District Board of Education in Ohio.
Writes Pennycuff:
School boards across the country have shown Congress the many obstacles and unintended consequences created by the law. Its "one size fits all" approach rigidly tied to high-stakes testing is inadequate and does not provide a true picture of performance. This has led to schools being identified as failures even though they may be making significant progress in raising student achievement. Uncorrected, this misidentification of schools will only grow worse in the years ahead.
And more:
Students should not be told to "wait it out" until after the 2008 presidential election when Congress can find the time to fix an unsound and underfunded law. No one, least of all our students, will benefit from a continuation of the status quo. It is time for our leaders in Washington to deliver for our children by improving the law.
And BoardBuzz knows just the legislation that can lead to needed improvements.
Posted December 14, 2007 12:55 PM | No Child Left Behind
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