Comments on: NCLB 2.0 http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/nclb-20/ Thinking and Linking by Joanne Jacobs Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:28:29 +0000 hourly 1 By: Philip Kovacs http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/nclb-20/#comment-31214 Philip Kovacs Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:59:06 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/15/nclb-20/#comment-31214 Any thoughts on the Aspen Commission's suggestion that "failing" schools house SES providers on their campuses. Any thoughts on the fact that NCLB requires "scientifically based" practices while at the same time not being based on science? If you do have thoughts on either of these two issues...we'd love to talk. www.educatorroundtable.org Any thoughts on the Aspen Commission’s suggestion that “failing” schools house SES providers on their campuses.

Any thoughts on the fact that NCLB requires “scientifically based” practices while at the same time not being based on science?

If you do have thoughts on either of these two issues…we’d love to talk.

http://www.educatorroundtable.org

]]> By: gahrie http://www.joannejacobs.com/2007/02/nclb-20/#comment-31213 gahrie Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:46:11 +0000 http://joannejacobs.com/2007/02/15/nclb-20/#comment-31213 What is needed is some way of improving parental skills and compelling parental involvement in their children's education. It doesn't matter how good, or how poor, a teacher I am, if I cannot get the students to cooperate and make an effort. When I send home poor performance progress reports, I get less than a 10% response rate, and the same students sit in my classroom and refuse to do the work week after week. What is needed is some way of improving parental skills and compelling parental involvement in their children’s education. It doesn’t matter how good, or how poor, a teacher I am, if I cannot get the students to cooperate and make an effort. When I send home poor performance progress reports, I get less than a 10% response rate, and the same students sit in my classroom and refuse to do the work week after week.

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