NCLB will never work- for many reasons:
1. Kids won’t go to school (worked late the night before).
2. America, many of your children are out of control.
3. Many kids mistake “cool” for intelligence. (Hence, they
know much more than the teacher.”
4. Learning isn’t cool.
5. Many teachers are as lazy as their students.
6. Mistaken priorities.
7. Concentration on grades rather than learning.
8. The majority of real students go to private school or are
home schooled.
9. Equality of outcome is subtlely replacing equality of
opportunity.
I could go on.
In my decades in public education, I have seen many changes. Students often say that they are different from past generations. I disagree. People don’t change, but prevailing attitudes do.
You get what you pay for - in money, time, and effort.
You forgot to blame bad parents that don’t value education as one of the reasons why NCLB will not work.
Good teachers will never overcome bad parents.