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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It was better before NCLB.  Why?  Because teaching was authentic.  It came from the teacher, and teachers felt trusted to do their job instead of surveilled and monitored and punished if some numbers didn't meet expectation.  And school wasn't an exploitation of children to perform for nothing but the reputation and job security of teachers, principals, administrators, etc.  I moved here from a long stint in another country and witnessed a huge difference in elementary due to NCLB.  Here I found kids who were stressed and under pressure to perform due to NCLB, and the teacher and administrator stress and pressure to push and manipulate children throughout the year to do so was visible and palpable.  And the kids seemed to have so much less fun learning and being at school than where I was previously.  NCLB is a terrible idea, is harmful to the learning experience (and I'm not just talking about time wasted on tests), and a waste of money.  [/quote]

I'm in my mid 50s. I so agree that NCLB was a huge mistake, and Common Core just piles on.  Both wrongheadedly try to force students all to be at the same place at the same time -- or else.

I'm also not a conservative -- plenty of liberals hate these standards and all that comes with them.  [/quote]

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