"Jay Honeck" wrot

IMHO, No Child Left Behind -- flawed though it may be -- is the first
step in the right direction toward improving our schools. For the
first time in my lifetime teachers are being held to a real,
measurable standard -- which is the first necessary step to addressing
any systemic problems that may exist.

One big problem with it is that there are individual students that can not
cope with the setting that we are forced to put them into.

Also, vast sums of money are put into these very low performing students,
which take away from funds that are available to be spent on good kids like
Joe.

Also, the teaching to a test is a real problem. There is such pressure to
get to all of the material, that a teacher can not take the time to work
with something that the students have real interest in, and want to explore
in more detail. Sorry, got to keep moving on to the next unit.
--
Jim in NC