After reading and analyzing Pros & Cons of the No Child Left Behind Act (url: http://usliberals.about.com/od/education/i/NCLBProsCons.htm) I gained a better understanding on the effects of reauthorizing the act. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) mandates a set number of programs designed to help school districts. I feel this could be useful to school in need of a format that allows its students to excel. Through a carefully designed plan this act could make our nations education system benefit through uniformity and authority. In some ways a government standardized system in place in our schools may be disheartening, but I feel in the long run it would eliminate problems in districts failing to meet the nation standards already in place. Although I attend a charter school and the NCLB funding would be directed towards other educational programs and systems, I can still relate to the effects this act has on students. By standardizing the education in a district more tests need to be taken and those tests can be biased and overwhelming. I feel that before reinstating the act there would need to be strides taken to reform the process in which students are to be assessed.
This was one article and did not answer every question I had. As I continue my research is still want to know:
1) Where is the NCLB act now, is it not in place?
2) If not what are the goals of the legislators attempting to reauthorize the act?
3) As a charter school still involved in a school district would there be any effects of the NCLB act on me?
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