NCLB - Sara, Nikki, and Sam

First off I thought you guys did a great job on educating the class about the No Child Left Behind laws and what the goals of NCLB are. I didn't know that 100% of students are supposed to be proficient in math and reading by the school year 2013-2014 and that they are all supposed to graduate from high school. Obviously the NCLB law has some major problems, and I think you guys showed that without totally bashing it. You allowed us to make our own decisions about the law. The one part of NCLB that I agree with is the part that all students will be taught by highly qualified teachers. This should be a given anyways so I'm glad it's put into writing. It was neat how you guys let us look up our own high schools to see if we passed our AYPs. I know that my high school didn't pass the reading portion so if the law stays into affect how it's stated now my school will lose funding. I also thought that you guys had the best videos. I especially liked the one with Obama because with the recent election I'm excited to see what modifications he's going to make to NCLB. He said he wasn't going to do away with it all together, but modify it so schools won't lose their funding if they don't make as much progress as they were supposed to under NCLB. Progress can't be measured the same from school to school because all schools are different and all students are different. NCLB is definitely going to change when Obama becomes President and I think it will change in a positive direction. Good job guys!