No Child Left Behind

Ghoulish Delight · 03-23-2005, 08:39 PM

Bingo, Ponine. And that's EXACTLY what's happening at my parents' school. They WERE title 1 and were one year away from getting an improvement bonus. Then they blinked and they were 1 year away from losing funding and losing administrators. Huh? What the hell changed? It's silly. Nevermind that the solution to an ailing school is, "Take money away and drive students away." Uuuuuh, I don't have any teaching degrees, but geeeezus does that not sound right.

wendybeth · 03-23-2005, 08:52 PM

Try being the parent of a special needs kid in this climate. No child left behind, my ass- that's why we homeschool, and our public school was very happy to point us in this direction. Special needs kids tend to dilute the scores of the schools, and they stand to lose funding as a result.

03-23-2005, 08:39 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Bingo, Ponine. And that's EXACTLY what's happening at my parents' school. They WERE title 1 and were one year away from getting an improvement bonus. Then they blinked and they were 1 year away from losing funding and losing administrators. Huh? What the hell changed? It's silly. Nevermind that the solution to an ailing school is, "Take money away and drive students away." Uuuuuh, I don't have any teaching degrees, but geeeezus does that not sound right. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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03-23-2005, 08:52 PM	#2
wendybeth Nevermind Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,847	Try being the parent of a special needs kid in this climate. No child left behind, my ass- that's why we homeschool, and our public school was very happy to point us in this direction. Special needs kids tend to dilute the scores of the schools, and they stand to lose funding as a result. __________________
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