http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/14/opposing-nclb-renewal/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/14/opposing-nclb-renewal/#comment-3049 Brian McLaughlin Mon, 15 May 2006 13:39:11 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1004#comment-3049 Thanks for pointing this out! I agree that NCLB has to go. As always, you state the powerful argument very well. I hope that this Commission is committed to taking a REAL look at NCLB and really listening to educators who deal with the fallout every day. I took your advice and submitted my comments to their site. I posted my comments in my <a href="http://blog.edtechtutor.com" rel="nofollow">blog</a> as well. Thanks for pointing this out! I agree that NCLB has to go. As always, you state the powerful argument very well. I hope that this Commission is committed to taking a REAL look at NCLB and really listening to educators who deal with the fallout every day. I took your advice and submitted my comments to their site. I posted my comments in my blog as well.

]]> http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/05/14/opposing-nclb-renewal/#comment-3048 Casting Out Nines»Blog Archive » Repeal NCLB Mon, 15 May 2006 10:57:29 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/?p=1004#comment-3048 [...] Wes Fryer has a brief manifesto this morning calling for the repeal of No Child Left Behind: We should repeal NCLB and stop the counter-productive, myopic focus on summative, high-stakes assessment encouraged by this legislation. We need to move in another direction: A direction which encourages teachers to innovate, to creatively connect with students and collaboratively work in project-based and problem-based environments. We need to look at the issue of school governance on a STATE level (not a national one) and figure out how our educational systems can be reformed to encourage innovation and creativity rather than stifling it. [...] [...] Wes Fryer has a brief manifesto this morning calling for the repeal of No Child Left Behind: We should repeal NCLB and stop the counter-productive, myopic focus on summative, high-stakes assessment encouraged by this legislation. We need to move in another direction: A direction which encourages teachers to innovate, to creatively connect with students and collaboratively work in project-based and problem-based environments. We need to look at the issue of school governance on a STATE level (not a national one) and figure out how our educational systems can be reformed to encourage innovation and creativity rather than stifling it. [...]

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