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[quote=Anonymous]I am afraid that you are misinformed.

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/curriculum/2.0/faq.aspx

[b]Why is MCPS making changes to the curriculum?[/b]

[b]Under the federal No Child Left Behind law[/b], educators and parents have been rightly concerned that content areas outside the core, tested subjects of reading and mathematics have not received sufficient instruction time. Curriculum 2.0 addresses this concern head on.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Absolutely.  No Child Left Behind = No Child Running Ahead.

In the legislation passed in 2001, in SEC 1001, it states explicitly that closing the gap between high- and low-performance groups is a target.   To close the gap, one good way is to make sure that there is no one ahead.

[quote=Anonymous]I think this says it all (NCLB= No Child Left Behind), excerpt taken from Wikipedia--&gt;

&quot;Gifted students

NCLB puts pressure on schools to guarantee that nearly all students will meet the minimum skill levels (set by each state) in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but requires nothing beyond these minimums. [u]There are no incentives to improve students' achievements beyond the bare minimum. Programs that are not essential to achieving the mandated minimum skills are neglected or canceled by those districts.[/u]

In particular, NCLB does not require any programs for gifted, talented, and other high-performing students.[39] Federal funding of gifted education decreased by a third over the law's first five years.[39] While NCLB is silent on the education of academically gifted students, some states (such as Arizona, California, Virginia, and Pennsylvania) require schools to identify gifted students and provide them with an appropriate education, including grade advancement. In other states, such as Michigan, state funding for gifted and talented programs was cut by up to 90% in the year after the act became law.[39] &quot;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Child_Left_Behind_Act[/quote][/quote]

I'm not sure what the point of this is...  the current administration has neutralized NCLB[/quote][/quote]

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