Posted by MKB on December 14, 2004, at 10:04:54
In reply to Re: Screen All US Schoolkids for Mental lllness: B » MKB, posted by AuntieMel on December 13, 2004, at 14:36:45
Here is a link for learning more about some of the problems with No Child Left Behind.
http://nochildleft.com/index.html
A book called "Many Children Left Behind - How the No Child Left Behind Act is Damaging Our Children and Our Schools" explains the problems more in detail.
In my (informed) view, the education reforms that have taken place in Texas, and now the whole country, are not good for children or for public education as a whole. As a lifelong educator (30+ years, excellent evaluations, and M.Ed.), it has been truly heartbreaking to me, and, as a side note, has actually been one of the main factors in my own struggles with "mental illness." I tried to buck the system and lost.
Just one tidbit to think about: In the mid 1990s in Texas, when my son was in the 9th grade, there were over 900 students in his class. When he graduated, there were only 500 or so in his class. Where did these children go? Many of them dropped out because they could not graduate, regardless of their grades, unless they passed the "exit exam."
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