02-12-2011, 09:27 PM
(02-12-2011, 08:43 PM)username Wrote: It's called "no child left behind". What a crock. Gotta raise those damn test scores for the lowest performing students.
We need more vocational/trade schools for kids that have fucked up all the way through highschool.
I do know a little about vocational/adult education programs. The funding has been cut severely in the last ten years, by over half (most were federally funded). State colleges and universities got super screwed last year and are expecting it again for this year. That means parents will have to pay more for their children to get an education (unless you are on welfare).
No Child Left Behind is one of those laws that is geared at dragging my high-achieving child down to mediocrity. It places the blame on schools when it is really a home issue. Seventy to eighty percent of a child's educational achievement is directly related to home life and parent education level. Dumb parents raise dumb kids. How schools are supposed to fix that shit is beyond me.