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Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Will flexibility fix NCLB?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Georgia is one of six states taking part in a pilot program to fix concerns that No Child Left Behind is too rigid and follows a one-size-fits-all approach.
The Georgia Department of Education has more information, but here are some of the changes:
Schools may offer students free tutoring before letting children transfer to higher-performing schools. This switches the order currently required by federal law.
Schools in needs improvement status for three to four years will face different punishments depending on why they missed testing goals. The bigger the problem, the harsher the actions.
The state will begin a close monitoring of these failing schools earlier. This monitoring will give the state a say in many local school decisions, such as hiring, selecting teaching methods and other academic issues.
What do you think of these changes? Do you think tutoring should come before transfers? More importantly, do you things any of these changes will improve NCLB?
