Hot Topic: No Child Left Behind

Under No Child Left Behind, schools that receive a failing grade are penalized in an effort to force schools to increase student proficiency in the subjects of math and reading. However, in many instances, the schools that are penalized are low-income and under-resourced schools who need the federal funds. A recent New York Times article reveals that the government is easing the penalties of failing schools under the law. The following is an excerpt:

"The Bush administration, acknowledging that the federal No Child Left Behind law is diagnosing too many public schools as failing, said Tuesday that it would relax the law’s provisions for some states, allowing them to distinguish schools with a few problems from those that need major surgery."

However, is this really solving one of the complexities in our nation's schools system? Click here to read the rest of the article, "U.S. Eases 'No Child' Law As Applied to Some States", and then speak your mind.