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In The State Of Iowa….

October 06, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

The amount of schools and schools districts that are not meeting NCLB rules is just barely up from last year.  The year 96 schools up from 94 last year have not met goals for the past two years.  15 school districts up from 14 last year are not meeting NCLB goals.

The President Of The USA Went…..

October 05, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

to a local DC school to pimp the “No Child Left Behind Bill”.  He said in his speech that testing is good.  Video is up at the CNN.com website.
I do not know if he was thinking at all during this speech.  A recent report by the Education week people show that more schools over all are not making the AYP goals in the NCLB bill.  They did not have data at the time from every state, but they did have data from the District of Columbia which was not good at all.

The Percentage Of Schools In Utah….

September 29, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

that are not meeting NCLB rules have gone up this year.  18% of schools are not meeting standards, 13% missed in the 2004-2005 school year.
They also have a companion article up as well. The article states that the U-PASS system they use is much better than the rules in the NCLB bill.  Schools that are proficient under the U-PASS is down 11% though, but they increased standards since so few schools missed proficiency standards.

Virginia Consortium Of Social Studies Specialists…

September 29, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

and College Educators have launched a campaign to make sure that social studies classes get more attention.  The NCLB will be getting a big look at next year.  They group says that social studies class is getting the short shrift for classes such as math and reading.

The New York Times Reports…

September 28, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

on Jeb Bush and what his viewpoints are on the NCLB plan and what he has done inside of his state to fix the educational system.

3 Of Connecticut’s 4 Complaints In The….

September 28, 2006 By: richard.ginn Category: NCLB, No Child Left Behind, Uncategorized

NCLB lawsuit they have are being thrown out. The state is planning to appeal this ruling.