More than 12
years ago a program called No Child Left Behind started, but today how well has
that program worked? In an article on the Huffington post by Diane Ravitch, a
professor of education at New York University, and a frequent blogger explores
how this program crushed children’s curiosity. Ravitch shares how No Child Left
Behind and Race To The Top programs have left American education demoralized.
She says that common core tests are the reason why lots of students are
failing, which is why we are nowhere near the top. Being in the field of
education Ravitch understands what her students really need, and what they have
been missing all this time. In order to make a point about the failure of NCLB
she suggests a program called No Child Left Out. Because in attempt of creating
NCLB the school system eliminated things that disrupted children’s curiosity.
She poses rhetorical questions such as “How many children had the opportunity to learn to play a
musical instrument?”
“How many children had the
chance to play in the school band or orchestra?”
“How many children
participated in singing, either individually or in the chorus or a glee club or
other group?”
Her purpose of the article
was to get people thinking about how creativity, and how innovation has now been
eliminated from school systems. Children now don’t have the ability to think
out of the box and use their imagination with strict programs. Ravitch does a
wonderful job of proving her purpose by her use of questions, without answering
these questions the audience is forced to think about what the fate of schools
has now come to. School systems should require more work than test prep for
something that will soon be forgotten.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/a-new-paradigm-for-accoun_b_6145446.html
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