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Anchorage Schools Failing to Make Grade Under ‘No Child’ ActAccording to the Adequate Yearly Progress report, fewer ASD schools are meeting federal education requirements.Related Content
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Matt said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 12:17 PM
When the school district has high school counselors that practice favoritism, it is no wonder that kids drop out from frustration when they can not get the help they are begging for.
72077781Jessica said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 1:05 PM
Classes are so boring.. and so to-the-test oriented that I couldn't stand it. I slept through the majority of my classes, though this was also due to schedule conflicts. School, dance, work, and tae kwon do every day can really exhaust someone. My homework? It was never done. I never had time if I wanted to catch at least a few hours of sleep before I was up and around again. My average my senior year? Four hours. Tone down the homework, back off the test scores. Really /teach/ us something we can use no matter what we do with our lives. Most of what I learned I barely remember because it doesn't apply to anything. Screw the A, B, C, D scores. Tests tell us nothing. Ask us what we /know/ and we'll tell you. Education's so screwed over, now..
72080519Rhonda said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 1:05 PM
I'd have to agree that No Child Left Behind has totally led to the dumbing down of our schools, especially at the elementary level. My kids have been so bored! And I have had to resort to enrolling them in science camps during the summer, because they basically don't teach it in elementary school anymore. I also make them do math at home, because it just moves so slowly in the classroom. But you can only do so much extra "at home" work, after seven long hours at school. No Child Left Behind needs to be totally re-vamped, or completely thrown out. You are never ever going to get 100% proficiency, and only an idiot like George Bush ever believed that you could.
72080538joanna said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 1:09 PM
I believe that we should go back to survival of the fittest. All no child left behind does is have teachers focus on standardized test rather than individual achievement... should be renamed the "pump em out conveyor belt of mediocrity"- or "most children kept at average" (notice the ones that were behind are still behind???)
72080839Doug said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 1:44 PM
OMG Send more money.
72082527mikey372002 said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 2:56 PM
must be the high property tax we pay, school district sees to much money shoved in thier faces and want more , so they twiddle their thumbs playing dumb until our taxes are raised again so they can make more and more money, notice how our property taxes are sky rocketing, and another thing,ADN sure does not like how one speakes their mind on comment site.
72085864gee said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 3:16 PM
let them unions keep the power and we can raise average kids at best!!!Sad that student enrollment has stayed flat over the last 8 years or yet the cost of operating the district and employees has doubled!! So hows that no child left behind working as good as the new math progam do I need to say more!!!!! LEIER2012!!!
72086574John said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 3:25 PM
We need to institute mandatory drug testing for all ASD employees. I knew a female teacher that was addicted to heroin and smoked pot often. She said it was prevalent throughout the district. Also when teachers get caught dealing they shoudl be fired, not transfered to HQ.
72086954Chuck said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 4:15 PM
Take personal responsibility for your kids' education! My kids aren't the smartest or the most gifted, but I work with them and instill the idea that they must work hard to get ahead, so they work hard to learn what they're expected to learn. School is a privilege many kids don't have, but so many adults treat it like group babysitting, it's no wonder their kids don't learn anything.
72088994Teacher Rater said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 4:33 PM
I knew a drug dealing teacher in eagle river. It is know wonder our children aren't getting what they need.
72089734Stop Whining said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 5:17 PM
I am so tired of parents saying that their children are bored in school. If you are unhappy with the education you are offered, put your child in home school - correspondence and push them to excel. School is much like everything else in life, you get out of it what you put into it. So tired of whining parents.
72091434LvAk said on Tuesday, Aug 9 at 11:09 PM
Oh, lets raise the property tax.... AGAIN!!
72106616Andrew said on Wednesday, Aug 10 at 3:52 AM
They act as if our children are stupid. They are not.
72113009Anna M said on Wednesday, Aug 10 at 8:20 AM
I remeber when I went to school, there were so many kids in the class an with only one teacher I mean come on no wonder kids are "getting bord" or tuning out ect!!!Over half of my teachers just sat behide their desks an did nothing told us to read our book an we would have a test an if you need help ask the kids next to you. An this "No Kid Left Behind" crap I an many others were left behind because our teachers were too ocupied on their computers doing who knows what but I did what I could an now that my daughter is going in to kindergarden Ive already statrded to home school her so that she will be ahead of the class an I will be right on the teachers ass making sure that she is not left behind at all so help me!!!!! I pay the state enought money they sure as heck dont need any more an Im only 25 an I can see where this is going......Im sure all of you do as well.
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