The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County completed their consensus study but is maintaining it’s study page as a resource for those interested in learning more about some of the issues facing education.
League of Women voters of Montgomery County, VA – Education Study
Lots of new links added to the public information list on the League of Women Voters of Montgomery County website. These include some very interesting news articles and some reports from the VA Dept. of Education where Common Core Standards are compared to the SOL’s of VA. Before you jump to conclusions, just take the time to read some of the information. I found it quite informative:)
Source: 3/29/09: The Washington Times: Solutions/Van Roekel: The federal government’s role in education reform (http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-11-13-student-study_N.htm)
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“The No Child Left Behind law (NCLB), which was enacted seven years ago, was also supposed to address inequities in education. Unfortunately, its main effect has been to distort and imbalance the federal role in education.
NCLB has distorted what goes on in our classrooms today. With high-stakes tests focused on math and reading, those subjects are emphasized at the expense of everything else — science, social studies, art, music, even physical education. Instead of trying to engage each child as an individual, teachers have been forced to adopt a “drill and kill” approach that takes the fun out of learning.”