Comments on: Guest Post: No Child left Behind- A Parent’s Guide

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:37:04 +0000

Well i do not have childre in school now but i was talking to one of my friends here in Virginia who is a teacher. She told me she hates this because she is not able to go back and reinforce things to her students and some just don,t catch it the first time, they are told to keep moving and they have to because they have people looking over what they are doing and they could lose their jobs. I did pass the guide along to some parents that i know have kids in school, but i still feel sad for the kid that just need a little push and do not have a great support system at home, they are the kids who fall through the cracks.

By: Shanti Stone

Shanti Stone — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:46:41 +0000

Awesome post Stacy and I can personally attest to the last point that parents involvement contributes greatly to their kid’s success in middle school, high school and beyond.
My oldest graduated from the USNaval Academy and I was the President of the USNA Parents and Sponsor’s Club of MD (kind of a PTA). My second son now attends USNA and my youngest is yearning to be there. The trick is to remain involved with your children through all of their education years.

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:25:52 +0000

NCLB to me means. I will not hold your child back to go to the next grade. Whether they earned it or not, can’t read or can’t balance a check book later in life. It is really up to us as parents to remember that teaching does begin at home. I have two daughters one living in a dorm and the other in a off school apt. I have a son living at home with me and my husband who has more credits than he needed to graduate who can’t pass his OGT. If you get your credits you should be able to get a dipolma. Some ppl can’t take a written test and pass it but make up with extra assignments to get the credits they need to pass the class.
BTW, my son is smarter than his sisters. NCLB did a dis service, he was not ready to go to the next grade in grade school and I told them that. Our school system basically said to me, “he is to tall to be held back and he will be embarassed to be in a class with his peers who are smaller/shorter. Now I get to live with a kid without a diploma and a job. Lucky me. Public School fits for some but not for all. We parents know our kids better than anyone. Why I allowed this to happen is my mistake. I was there for the PTA meetings and the parent teacher converences, field trips. I failed my son along with the school. I can say that he does know how to balance a check book, as his sisters also know how to do. My son is not the only kid to not graduate because of a state test that has to be taken and passed in order to graduae. Ohio has to back off and realize not all kids are test takers and pass. It does not mean they do not know the material. They are just different.

Some teachers do have degrees in other fields. yes they do get hired to teach our kids in the class rooms. Unless we take the time to help our children most class rooms are full of class clowns, clowns posing as teachers. NCLB, give me a break. what about plucking a kid out of high school because he can make a jump shot or a home run or a touch down. It is only a NCLB sometimes when someone is ok enough to make money off the kid for being able to play ball.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:21:06 +0000

Great post!! I’m pregnant with my first and plan on printing this out to keep as a reference. Me and my husband are seriously considering private school though, depending on where we’re living when our child starts school.

When we lived in GA the schools were awful, most of the teachers weren’t even certified to teach. I met at least 4 teachers that had degrees in Political Science and were teaching math and science. We live in WA state now and the schools here seem to be more on point. I still hope they get rid of NCLB cause it’s got a lot of flaws.