Month: December 2015

Will Education Flourish After NCLB’s Repeal?

by Jack Jennings | Dec 20, 2015 | academic standards, accountability, assessments / tests, federal education policy, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), Presidents, Congress and the Public Schools, teachers

No other federal law has generated more hostility from teachers and other educators than the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). That statute has been denounced for causing too much testing of school children, making teachers “teach to the test” to avoid penalties, and...

Career/Technical Education Helping Highschoolers

by Jack Jennings | Dec 17, 2015 | post-secondary education loans and debts

The U.S. has a cookie-cutter approach to secondary education: Stay in school; go to college; and we'll be happy. Those who don't go along are considered "victims." They must be helped to see the benefits of college. This is the judgement of Harold L. Sirkin, a...