Reply #6: Not true [View All]

NCLB isn't failing because it's not funded. Funding only pays for the asinine testing that is mandatory under that law. The testing isn't saving our children, it is taking away valuable learning time in the classroom. Teachers are forced to 'teach to the test' rather than teach the curriculum in depth. Also, 3 entire schools days are wasted while the students take this test. That may not seem like much, but when you are under the gun to get so much material in during the school year, 3 days is much lost. I am a teacher, and don't know of ONE SINGLE TEACHER who thinks this law has helped students or teachers succeed. In fact, I've never met an administrator who likes the law, either. The entire law needs to go.