[ProgressiveEd] Fwd: [rsct] NCLB and Iraq by Doug Noble
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Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:38:39 EDT
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I thiink that this one is really on the mark. There is no question in my=20
mind that the no child left behind is a plan that is doomed to fail, with=20
built-in failure measures that will eventually close many of what we conside=
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"good" schools, deemiing them failing institutions by virture of the scores.=
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am not sure this was an intention of the originators of the plan, but it=20
certainly shows a lack of forethought, and real planning. and reeks of the k=
ind of=20
conservative idealism that is so prevalent in the nation, that lines are=20
blurred, thereby causing many folks to lose their power of judgement or true=
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choice.=20
ah ah ah. the emperor's new clothes again.
Bonnie
> If we have learned one thing from the Iraq war, it is that the Bush=20
> administration really is as arrogant, mean spirited and contemptuous as it=
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> appears. Critics of his education agenda must hold this firmly in mind as=20=
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> question the latest federal regimen of high stakes tests and punitive mand=
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> in the nation=E2=80=99s schools. At one antiwar protest in Washington DC t=
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> I saw a sign bearing a picture of an Iraqi child that read =E2=80=9CNo Chi=
ld Left=20
> Alive.=E2=80=9D The spirit behind the Bush No Child Left Behind education=20=
agenda is=20
> just as sinister, even if it only slaughters the hopes and dreams of its y=
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s doomed to fail, with built-in failure measures that will eventually close=20=
many of what we consider to be "good" schools, deemiing them failing institu=
tions by virture of the scores. I am not sure this was an intention of=
the originators of the plan, but it certainly shows a lack of forethought,=20=
and real planning. and reeks of the kind of conservative idealism that is so=
prevalent in the nation, that lines are blurred, thereby causing many folks=
to lose their power of judgement or true choice. <BR>
ah ah ah. the emperor's new clothes again.<BR>
Bonnie<BR>
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If we have learned one thing from the Iraq war, it is that the Bush administ=
ration really is as arrogant, mean spirited and contemptuous as it appears.=20=
Critics of his education agenda must hold this firmly in mind as they questi=
on the latest federal regimen of high stakes tests and punitive mandates in=20=
the nation=E2=80=99s schools. At one antiwar protest in Washington DC this w=
inter I saw a sign bearing a picture of an Iraqi child that read =E2=80=9CNo=
Child Left Alive.=E2=80=9D The spirit behind the Bush No Child Left Behind=20=
education agenda is just as sinister, even if it only slaughters the hopes a=
nd dreams of its young victims. <BR>
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