Who is in control of our public education?

Who Controls Public Education

The argument about who best controls the public education system is not black and white . The government has enforced rules such as the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB , which instructs each child must master a skill before moving on to the next grade , and is tested , using standardized tests , to ensure mastery of each skill . However , these tests are culturally biased , allowing many students to fail and not move on to the next grade . Furthermore , the No Child Left Behind Act has recently tied student performance to

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It is because of these stringent rules that the government should not be in charge of public education . Because the government is an entity not involved in the every day life of teaching children , the logical reasoning of government governing schools is illogical . Perhaps as suggested by an educator in California , Sandra Nichols , the best option for governing schools would be a uniform document outlining standards by the Federal Government followed by state oversight with the majority governance by educators . According to Nichols , the NCLB does little to encourage children to learn and in fact dissuades children from learning skills to get ahead . One solution would be to do a complete overhaul of the current public education system and eliminate NCLB . In California Ms . Nichols and her counterparts are working hard towards changing the system . Their beliefs are to get the government out of the schools beyond budgeting , and the ones who have a complete understand (educators ) back in to run the schools . Those who know how children learn , the standards of public education , and has inside knowledge ' of schools , logically would be the best people to govern the schools in for our children to move up in the national competition of education

References

HYPERLINK "http /www .tellingthetruth .com /education_matters http /www .tellingthetruth .com /education_matters Nichols , Sandra Accessed on October 12 , 2007

HYPERLINK "http /www .ed .gov /nclb /landing .jhtml http /www .ed .gov /nclb /landing .jhtml Secretary of Education , Accessed on October 12 , 2007

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