2020 Schools » NCLB http://2020Schools.edublogs.org What should our schools look like in 2020? Sun, 30 Nov 2008 00:45:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Brighton’s 2020 Vision Featured on School 2.0 Website http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/11/15/brighton%e2%80%99s-2020-vision-featured-on-school-20-website/ http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/11/15/brighton%e2%80%99s-2020-vision-featured-on-school-20-website/#comments Sat, 15 Nov 2008 16:31:31 +0000 steven3985 http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/?p=41

We are very proud to have our 2020 Vision featured on the US Department of Education’s website.

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]]> http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/11/15/brighton%e2%80%99s-2020-vision-featured-on-school-20-website/feed/ 1 President Bush Off To Chicago To Push The Reauthorization of NCLB http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/president-bush-off-to-chicago-to-push-the-reauthorization-of-nclb/ http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/president-bush-off-to-chicago-to-push-the-reauthorization-of-nclb/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:32:51 +0000 steven3985 http://2020Schools.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/president-bush-off-to-chicago-to-push-the-reauthorization-of-nclb/ Has anyone in his/her presidential campaign taken a hard look at NCLB? How are we measuring it’s effectiveness. I think it was John Dewey who said” You can keep weighing a pig but that won’t make it get any fatter.” If we believe that education for our students should be differentiated, why isn’t NCLB? All schools should benefit by reaching real targets and receiving recognition for doing so. Dollars are important for schools that need help as well as those that are successful. This stick vs carrot approach won’t work. It only serves to slowly pull all schools into the “Schools in Need of Improvement” category. We have one of the greatest educational systems in the world. Does it need to change? You bet? However, you are not going to test and punish your way to success which is what NCLB ultimately does. As a person who has worked in urban and suburban settings I know that one shoe doesn’t fit all. Let’s raise the bar for all students but let’s do it in a way that fits the needs of students and school districts so that everyone can be successful.

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