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Subject: Re: leave all the children behind

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krz

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Date Posted: 10/13/04 2:54:41pm
In reply to: pa 's message, "leave all the children behind" on 10/13/04 1:23:54pm

thanks for the posting pa - I typically like Moyers work and hadn't seen this one. I've tried to read, and will be truthful that some of my opinions come from more from the academic community than from bipartisan evaluation of the legislative effort. Having been challenged (thank you), I dug. Here are some of the sites I've explored:

This is the link that I think best explains my concerns:
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d04909.pdf
From the government accounting office - specifically examining issues of smaller rural districts meeting the NCLB criteria. What I see in Milw. and other large urban areas with concentrations of economically disadvantaged (hate that term by the way) parallels some of the challenges that I think rural districts face.

A selection of articles and links - both pro and con from teh national conference of state legislators exploring the impact of NCLB on state implementation of programming.
http://www.ncsl.org/programs/educ/NCLBArticle.htm

Please note, I'm not completely against NCLB as a concept- I think accountability in the school system is important. I have first hand been 'learning' at the feet of chem teachers who preferred hunting over teaching (the reason why I can identify all 26 different variety of duck native to WI - not to mention gut a deer and cook 'possum). I've also been witness to teachers who pack extra lunches so their kids can eat (my sister).

I just think there are so many variables necessary to achievement that are not factored into the success equation (like breakfast for example, or parents who supervise homework) and over which the schools have no control, and currently no funding to address.

Academic success is a multifaceted challenge that I have concern has been presented with too narrow an accountability focus. That being said, I'm all in favor of accountability in our educational (and healthcare) systems.

As an aside - and lead into the healthcare rant we hope to have - I've been beginning discussion in our state to consider outcomes based reimbursement for third party payment of physical therpay services. Getting screaming fits from the physical therapists I've talked to -

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