The Register Citizen - News - 04/10/2005 - NCLB battle gains statewide support

The Register Citizen - News - 04/10/2005 - NCLB battle gains statewide support

Softening of 'No Child Left Behind' | csmonitor.com

Softening of 'No Child Left Behind' | csmonitor.com

The NCLB Act is drawing the majority of its criticism from the mandate that teachers must have demonstrated competence in core academic subjects. All schools are required to have "highly qualified" teachers in core academic subjects by the 2005-2006 school year. Imposing this rule basically boils down to educators being forced to obtain the necessary training and education or find another profession to work within.

How can students excel if they are not being led by example, students deserve highly qualified teachers, who can produce highly qualified results the two should go together collectively.

The Daily Herald: Your town. Your neighbors. Your Newspaper. - IN OUR VIEW Utah's education rebellion

The Daily Herald: Your town. Your neighbors. Your Newspaper. - IN OUR VIEW Utah's education rebellion

It's a win for the state of Utah! The state legislatures approved the implementation of the Utah Performance Assessment System for students (UPASS) the new standard by which students progress will be measured a new system which will replace the NCLB Act which has failed to work within the Utah public school system as that of many other states. The system is being regarded by school officials as much more realistic and better than the NCLB Act allowing students to be measured against themselves, offering a more realistic approach to educational progression based on individual previous test results. Utah's triumph in implementing the UPASS system just may give other states the encouragement to develop and pass laws that are more specific and beneficial to the immediate concerns and needs of the people.

NCLB Criticism Expands in Minnesota : March 2005 : ARN-L

NCLB Criticism Expands in Minnesota : March 2005 : ARN-L

Minnesota may actually be the first state to withdraw from the NCLB campaign, basically concluding that enough is enough. The Senate Education Committee has unanimously decided to adopt a bill to end their participation within the program and for go any federal funds received as a part of the educational initiative.

State legislators are in agreement that the NCLB Act intrudes into local education affairs and sets unreasonable expectations for schools to accomplish.

The Seattle Times: Opinion: Throwing money at education will not lead to reform

The Seattle Times: Opinion: Throwing money at education will not lead to reform

"Spending more money on a broken system will not fix the problem, it will make it bigger".

-Marsha Richards
Seattle Times Columnist

The NCLB Tipping Point

The NCLB Tipping Point

As a resident of the State of Illinois I am quite concerned that data was left out for Illinois by The Council Of Chief State School Officers. Interestingly the state of Texas has witnessesd an increasingly large number of student drop outs within the last few years.

BBC NEWS | Education | Poor 'need more school support'

BBC NEWS Education Poor 'need more school support'

According to reports from the BBC internationally other countries are racing crises as well in their public school educational systems. Philanthropist Sir Peter Lampl, who has commissioned a study on the economically disadvantaged stated, school is a "choice" which is applied to the affluent population. The main political parties in Britain say the schools would improve if children has better access to good schools.

Students send military recruiters packing

http://www.pww.org/article/articleview/6854/1/265

College Students at the University of California- Santa Cruz decided to take action against the recruiting efforts of representatives from the Army, Navy, and Marines who had set up tables during the annual Career Fair located within the community. The majority of the protesting was conducted and organized by a local campus group called Students Against War (SAW), taunting slogans like "Education not occupation", indicating that the students were adamant about making their own personal choices and did not want decisions made on their behalf.