Throughout this part of the semester we have learned a lot about No Child Left Behind and also, the new Common Core State Standards. There are many things about No Child Left Behind that were not good for the American educational system. Diane Ravitch was a huge advocate for No Child Left Behind until she found out about all the horrible things that started happening. It just wasn't fair how they were scoring schools and how they were shutting down schools. What we have now is the Common Core State Standards and they are supposed to make things better. I know some people who really like it but also some people who do not like it at all. I haven't been in it enough to really make an opinion about it.
Diane Ravitch is a great person to hear from as well considering she was all for No Child Left Behind and now she does not support it at all. She said it created mass demoralization. I really like this terminology for that. She is such an educated person in this area. I really enjoyed listening to her. She says that testing is a good thing if it is used in the right way. This is so true! NCLB was all for testing testing testing. I think that tests are good but they do need to be given in the right way. We need to start teaching our children so that they can be educated about everything when they go out in the real world. I do not feel as though modern children are not prepared for the real world and that is something that is starting to be a bad thing.
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