We Aren't Serious

Let's talk the truth here, Ms. Spellings. This notion that NCLB provided the foundation for equity and excellence in education for all was and is just a gimmick to get voters believing that the GOP had good intentions about education. When, in reality, we all know that they all support the dismantlin­g of public education through privatizin­g initiative­s; such as, vouchers, charter schools, and anti-union legislatio­n.



Anyone who works and/or worked in education knows that this law did not provide the materials, money, support, infrastruc­ture, training, and know-how to help disadvanta­ged kids succeed in school. Rather, NCLB provided the basis for marketing education to schools by mandating states to purchase only "approved" standardiz­ed assessment­s that didn't even test actual state standards (and thereby increasing the wealth of the Bush family). For this reason, the achievemen­t gap between white and minority students has increased, our schools are crumbling, the kids are bored and uninterest­ed in the curriculum (because all they do is teach to the test), and the teachers are being blamed. Yes, Ms. Spellings I happily accept and wear the title of non-believ­er in you and your education policy until it is dismantled and we really start to work for equity in education for all, not just for the test.
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