EDU 290 Current Issues Powerpoint

1. No Child Left Behind What is this and what effect is it having on children right now? Yewenyi, Eliot and the Year 6 students

2. What is it? No Child Left Behind act created to make sure all children are well educated USA is leader in innovation – People think a good education should go along with that Underperforming schools need to make a change The NCLB act is under fire in congress

3. Why is it Important? Small number of schools are producing half of our countries drop outs These schools need to change in order to continue our NCLB program We can’t just give up on the kids As a nation who is a leader in innovation around the world we can’t fall behind in our education plans

4. Necessity of NCLB Act Increase overall education of kids Get better teachers Slow down the dropout rate SuperkimboBkk, Flat Classroom Skype

5. Background Information Schools were using government money for the wrong reasons Families expecting more and more out of their educators “Learning was coming to be expected- and not simply learning for the slender elite” (Guthrie, 2002)

6. Background Information NCLB Act started to change how schools were being run Schools are actually using government money for the right reasons More and more schools are getting targeted as being failures and told to change

7. Background Information NCLB act will be hard to implement into the current educational system A lot of pressure is being put on schools and teachers although they are given no power Government expects so much but only offers most basic of solutions (US Department of Education, James W. Guthrie)

8. Impact on Schools The government takes a bigger role in education Schools will acquire new standards and tests will be administered regularly Students will be kept to higher standards Editor B, New Classroom

9. Impact on Schools “The document places 100 percent of the responsibility on teachers, and gives them zero percent authority.” (Weingarten, 2010) Already successful schools will continue to grow while failing schools will continue to fail Schools who have extenuating circumstances will not be treated differently

10. NCLB Act in Under Fire Now President Obama is trying to dismantle the NCLB Act that was started by Ex-President Bush Spellings: 'No Child Left Behind' Is A 'Toxic Brand‘ In the process of being rewritten to adapt to newer educational needs

11. Possible Changes to NCLB Deadline of students being proficient in math and english by 2014 would be dropped Successful schools would be rewarded for keeping their students well educated “Focus on the lowest-performing 5 percent of schools” (Abramson, 2010) Old Show Woman, 9:15 AM-Students Reading and Working on Seatwork

12. Works Cited U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 2002. No Child Left Behind. http://education.stateuniversity.com/pages/2295/No-Child- Left-Behind-Act-2001.html. JAMES W. GUTHRIE Obama Proposes Dismantling No Child Left Behind by Larry Abramsonhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1246 84667 Spellings: 'No Child Left Behind' Is A 'Toxic Brand‘, Linda Wertheimer, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1247 58597