Copy of No Child Left Behind Act

Through the eyes of George Bush...

No Child Left Behind Act

It all started eight years ago with my new adminastration coming into the white house. Education was horrible at this rate so we wanted to find different options to create a better plan for children that were failing and the decrease in scores at schools. We havent came up with a name yet to follow this bill. Our Goals were simple, we needed to close the educational gap as well as fix scores.

• Between 1999 and 2004, reading scores for 17-year-olds fell 3 points, and math scores fell 1 point.

• U.S. 15-year-olds ranked 24th out of 29 developed nations in math literacy and problem-solving, in 2003.

• 1 million students annually drop out of high school before graduation.

What is the No Child Left Behind Act?

NCLB is a standard based reform in which state tests will further imrove students through curriclum given through the states. NCLB was a reform education act to fix the way the original Elementary and Secondary Education Act was presented and implemented.

Goals:

• Close the achievement gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students

Reading proficiency for all students by the end of grade 3 by 2013-4 school year

• Math and reading proficiency for all students within 12 years (2013-4 school year)
• A highly qualified teacher for every core academic subject

This law is based on four main principles:

1. Stronger Accountability for Results: States are required to develop and implement their own academic achievement standards and benchmarks of proficiency and will be held accountable to them by the federal government.

2. More Choices for Parents and Students: Parents will be given the option of transferring their student out of a low-achieving or unsafe school.

3. Greater Flexibility for States, School Districts, and Schools: States can transfer federal dollars between different grant programs in order to improve school progress.

4. Proven Education Methods: Education programs must be based on scientifically based research that proves their effectiveness. NCLB outlines standards for scientifically based research.

Our bill was introduced to congress titled the No Child Left Behind Act. Ted Kennedy was a source of influence when we submitted this bill for submission and was a co author. The House of Representatives passed the bill on May 23, 2001

(voting 384-45)

Then we recieved plenty of support by many different groups and members of other states such as Pennsylvanias senators Rick Santorum and Arlen Sektor. It went to the senate which passed it on June 14, 2001 (voting 91-8).

Key Support...

Rick Santorum was a former senator of Pennsylvania and voted yes to pass the No Child Left Behind Act also. He played a major role in the process of NCLB act being proposed and is now known for creating the Santorum Amendment. The Santorum Amdendment is in the modified bill and doesnt play a major part in the Act but is still considered the stepping stone in proposing the act. He came up with the “teach the controversy” campaign which implemented teaching science efficiently and teaching things that are still being debated. He was defeated in 2006 by Bob Casey jr.

Arlen Sector was a republican senator since 1996 and voted yes to pass the No Child Left Behind Act when it was proposed in 2001. He also believes that this act needs to be reformed by supporting the Pathways to college act proposed to reform the educational and re-authorization of middle and high school success in education. In 2009, he switched parties to the Democratic side to try and get reelected. He was unsuccessful being defeated by current runner Joe Sestak.

Here I am, all suited up with Ted Kennedy in the backround and other well polished senators,teachers, and two lucky students being a part of history. It was my pleasure to do such a signing the bill into law to curve the problems in education so that every student can succeed no matter what their situation is or where they go to school at.

it didnt pass through Congress and House of Rep?

Scenario: The presidental adminastration and senators worked closely again to try and come up with another bill but were unsuccesfull. They were told to follow the same bill inacted in 1995 as the primary source for education. Test scores and students continues to drop out at increasngly alarming rates

Commentary:

I think the bill being passed was a bad idea and it should have been revised and thought about again and again before making such a decision. The NCLB act has spent billions of dollars in school districts that first arent succeding and then second not having the money to cover it which furthers the debt in each state. This hurts America everywhere because this act is implemtned in every district in every state. They are trying to bring a reform to this act and I find it a bit redundant to try and fix eachothers educational acts and beliefs because it is impossible to cover the things that these acts would like to happen.

There are to many variables in each district and state that are far to broad and unique that an act that covers all is unethical as the same for the deadline of 2014 that all students will read 100% proficenty. These types of nonsense ridden statements hurt the educational foundation that America needs to harbor its youth on. I believe there should be no act or reform to another act because it =has already been shown that doesnt owrk. It should however be fixed in a way that every state deals with the educational problems and if they succedd then you leave them alonem, if they dont then a group of members should step in and fix the problem, that would be the best solution because there are to many different variables that are different from each states schools' that could not possibly all follow under the same law.

What if...

Commentary: I think the bill being passed was a bad idea since all its been doing toward school districts are spending lots of money that they dont rightfully have that furthers everyone into debt. This is a huge problem right now and there are reform education acts for this education act which I find redundant. They will never find a perfect solution to the education rates and problems in America becuase of the diversity and differences that are in every school district and country. It is impossible to cover all variables and I believe that the states should just have a say on what they think should work and not work and if it doesnt then someone comes in adn trys fixing the situation but making absurd de=eadlines like making every 100% proficient in English by 2014 is unethical and bonehead to think everyone is perfect and is able to do that.