Let's Leave Children Behind

Yes, 82% of US schools will be failing due to President Bush's No Child Left Behind law. Apparently, the law is too tough for US schools.

"No Child Left Behind is broken and we need to fix it now," Duncan said in a statement. "This law has created a thousand ways for schools to fail and very few ways to help them succeed."

I agree with Duncan. We should find ways for these schools to pass, like the Health Care Reform Wavers. If schools are inner city schools that has many disadvantage students, we should let these students pass at 30 or 40 points instead of 70 points that's required by the law, lowering the standard of course. This is how everything gets done in school systems, why make this an exception.

Duncan said the law has done well in shining a light on achievement gaps among minority and low-income students, as well as those who are still learning English or have disabilities. But he said the law is loose on goals and narrow on how schools get there when it should be the opposite.

Duncan apparently implies that minority students and people with low income are stupid. Duncan isn't saying that they are smart. So, Duncan wants minority and low income students to pass at - I don't know, like at 10 points instead of 70 points.

"We should get out of the business of labeling schools as failures and create a new law that is fair and flexible, and focused on the schools and students most at risk," Duncan said.

Yes, Duncan... We are all winners. No labeling. Such labeling can hurt their self-esteem. We need to call failing students as passing students. In fact, we should call them as excellent students, give them all A's via affirmative action. Maybe, they can go to Harvard Law School and become the President of US in the future like your boss. Excellent idea.

Chinese or Indian students in their country are mostly from poor households. In fact, weighing their income with USA income standard, they mostly live under severe poverty. I wonder whether they all fail. How do they even manage to get up in the morning? Can they walk and chew gum at same time? They are probably very stupid since they are from low income households.

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