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States of Education

February 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off

So I took a trip around the web and visited most of the state education websites to see what’s going on outside of my corner of the world. I wasn’t too surprised by what I saw; most states are focusing on making themselves look good for NCLB. However, my other goal was to find out [...]

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Tags: NCLB · criticism · education · philosophy · reform · standards · technology

NCLB Revisited

February 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off

Views on NCLB legislation…
A coworker sent me this link to an animated movie created by the American Federation of Teachers. They have a blog that reviews NCLB in action and allows teachers to express their views on the legislation. Basically, teachers seem to understand this legislation is more about numbers than education.
What this legislation has [...]

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Tags: NCLB · criticism · education · philosophy · reform · standards