Left Behind

Teaching, guiding and nurturing students to become the best person they can be is not idealistic, it is realistically necessary.

The “No Child Left Behind Act” which was designed to reform education, has been a dismal failure according to some educators. It was designed to reflect four educational principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on teaching methods that have been proven to work.

The truth is — funding for education has been cut since the
implementation of this act. This makes it difficult for school to serve
students with the quality of education that this act promised to give.

School systems are required to test students beginning in grade
three. The results of these tests have shown where gaps are a reality.
Without the proper funding, it is difficult for schools to have the
materials and training that it would take to close these gaps.

Other blows to educational funding come from inaccurately
publicized increases to special education spending slashed funding to
the Military Impact Act and from school vouchers designed for “school
choice” programs.