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October 05, 2003
No Child Left Behind
Does it disturb anyone else that Conyers Middle School was labeled "Needs Improvement" under the No Child Left Behind Act only because it's special education department doesn't meet standards, and more than 100 non-special ed students were able to transfer to different schools?
Wouldn't one quick improvement to the act either be to fund special education at the federal level, or rewrite the transfer clause to say only when the areas of deficiency will affect your child? Kids who don't take special education classes shouldn't be able to transfer our of their district just because their school doesn't provide a good service that they won't even use anyway.
Posted by Chris at October 5, 2003 05:41 PM
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Question, not entirely on topic: what is your objection to parents being able to choose the school that their child attends, regardless of this or that school's credentials? Isn't greater school choice, on the whole, a good thing for kids?
Posted by: Ron C at October 13, 2003 11:12 AM
My objection is based on a belief that schools should be funded equally regardless of home property values. Then, theoretically, school choice wouldn't be that big of an issue because every school would be more or less the same.
My opposition to vouchers is that the government already provides a public education system and shouldn't be paying for a second one.
Under the current system, why should anyone move to a nice (and more expensive) neighborhood if they can just send their kids wherever they want?
Posted by: Chris at October 13, 2003 12:04 PM
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