Tuesday, November 13, 2012
No Child Left Behind *(notes)
"What?"
The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. States must give these assessments to all students at select grade levels in order to receive federal school funding. The Act does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state. NCLB expanded the federal role in public education through annual testing, annual academic progress, report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes.
"School Choice"
Gives options to students enrolled in schools failing to meet AYP. If a school fails to meet AYP targets two or more years running, the school must offer eligible children the chance to transfer to higher-performing local schools, receive free tutoring, or attend after-school programs.
-gives the option for students to transfer into a highger preforming school only if the school is not preforming to its highest potential.
"AYP"
Adequate Yearly Progress = measured by state tests
Schools that miss AYP for a second consecutive year are publicly labeled as being "in need of improvement" and are required to develop a two-year improvement plan for the subject that the school is not teaching well. Students are given the option to transfer to a better school within the school district, if any exists.
Missing AYP in the third year forces the school to offer free tutoring and other supplemental education services to struggling students.
If a school misses its AYP target for a fourth consecutive year, the school is labelled as requiring "corrective action," which might involve wholesale replacement of staff, introduction of a new curriculum, or extending the amount of time students spend in class.
A fifth year of failure results in planning to restructure the entire school; the plan is implemented if the school fails to hit its AYP targets for the sixth year in a row. Common options include closing the school, turning the school into a charter school, hiring a private company to run the school, or asking the state office of education to run the school directly.
The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. States must give these assessments to all students at select grade levels in order to receive federal school funding. The Act does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state. NCLB expanded the federal role in public education through annual testing, annual academic progress, report cards, teacher qualifications, and funding changes.
"School Choice"
Gives options to students enrolled in schools failing to meet AYP. If a school fails to meet AYP targets two or more years running, the school must offer eligible children the chance to transfer to higher-performing local schools, receive free tutoring, or attend after-school programs.
-gives the option for students to transfer into a highger preforming school only if the school is not preforming to its highest potential.
"AYP"
Adequate Yearly Progress = measured by state tests
Schools that miss AYP for a second consecutive year are publicly labeled as being "in need of improvement" and are required to develop a two-year improvement plan for the subject that the school is not teaching well. Students are given the option to transfer to a better school within the school district, if any exists.
Missing AYP in the third year forces the school to offer free tutoring and other supplemental education services to struggling students.
If a school misses its AYP target for a fourth consecutive year, the school is labelled as requiring "corrective action," which might involve wholesale replacement of staff, introduction of a new curriculum, or extending the amount of time students spend in class.
A fifth year of failure results in planning to restructure the entire school; the plan is implemented if the school fails to hit its AYP targets for the sixth year in a row. Common options include closing the school, turning the school into a charter school, hiring a private company to run the school, or asking the state office of education to run the school directly.
Monday, November 5, 2012
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
"This does not represent us,"
CAIRO — Islamist militants armed with antiaircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades stormed a lightly defended United States diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, late Tuesday, killing the American ambassador and three members of his staff and raising questions about the radicalization of countries swept up in the Arab Spring. Response from the violence in Libya.
Thoughts:
It's hard for us to distance ourselves from the idea of disturst among Islamic based cultures; especially after the attacks of September 11th, and most recently the killing of the United States ambassador to Libya; however it is not fair to blame an entire religion for the acts of an extremeist few.
Examples:
Though anti-American unrest is sweeping Northern African nations, pro-American rallies are also taking place in Libya after the horrific killing of U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens. Though Ambassador Stevens was killed at the hands of Libyan militants on Sept. 11, 2012, some Libyans are making a point to distance themselves from these terrorists. "This does not represent us," said the sign of one pro-American Libyan. Other supporters expressed remorse for Chris Stevens' killing and one even stated that "Chris Stevens was a friend to all Libyans."
Just like not all Americans are like the people who made the weird anti-Islam movie that is sparking protests in Muslim nations, not all people in Libya are like the ones who killed U.S. ambassador Chris Stevens. Some of the people of Benghazi, where Stevens was killed, held a demonstration against terrorism and to show sympathy for the U.S. Libya Alhurra TV, an Internet TV channel founded at the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, posted Facebook photos of a rally there showing support for America and sympathy for Stevens.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
Any Donations?
In my struggle to find helpful information regarding the reelection of president Obama, I stumbled upon his website. After providing my email address and zip code here's what I was redirected to. Being a teenager and not being able to vote in this election, it was strange that the first page I see was a donations page, I also noticed this at the end of Obama's speech at DNC.
Friday, September 7, 2012
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