Thought on the proposed HHS weight addition

wilkykav2 wrote:

What is the no child left behind thing??I always hear about it and have never caught anyone has ever said what it is.

No Child Left Behind Act spoiler alert it is a long and arduous read.

But it was a Federal Program to raise Scores in schools that was never funded by the Federal Government but if you didn't make adequate progress each year, Federal Funding could be withheld until you did.

In a nutshell, The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110), often abbreviated in print as NCLB is a United States federal law (Act of Congress) that was originally proposed by President George W. Bush on January 23, 2001, immediately after taking office.[2] Congress based its legislation on this "blueprint" proposed by the president. The legislation was coauthored by Representatives John Boehner (R-OH) and George Miller (D-CA) and Senators Judd Gregg (R-NH) and Edward Kennedy (D-MA), and signed by President Bush. The law reauthorized a number of federal programs aiming to improve the performance of U.S. primary and secondary schools by increasing the standards of accountability for states, school districts, and schools, as well as providing parents more flexibility in choosing which schools their children will attend. Additionally, it promoted an increased focus on reading and reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). The Act, introduced as HR 1 during the 107th Congress, [3] was passed in the House of Representatives on May 23, 2001[4], United States Senate on June 14, 2001[5] and signed into law on January 8, 2002.


NCLB is the latest federal legislation (another was Goals 2000) which enacts the theories of standards-based education reform, formerly known as outcome-based education, which is based on the belief that setting high standards and establishing measurable goals can improve individual outcomes in education. The Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills to be given to all students in certain grades, if those states are to receive federal funding for schools. NCLB does not assert a national achievement standard; standards are set by each individual state, in line with the principle of local control of schools and in order to comply with the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which specifies that powers not granted to the federal government nor forbidden to state governments are reserved powers of the individual states.

slider wrote:

But it was a Federal Program to raise Scores in schools that was never funded by the Federal Government but if you didn't make adequate progress each year, Federal Funding could be withheld until you did.

One of the problems with this legislation is that eventually, those schools that are consistently meeting goals are going to run out of room for realistic improvement. I believe I saw a story not too long ago saying that USD 489 is rapidly approaching that threshold. When that happens, they stand to be screwed unless the legislation is modified. Of course, that will free up more money to be poured into shitholes like Topeka High and lower the standard of education in places like Hays, thereby achieving the liberals' ultimate goal of everyone being equal. Equally stupid, but equal.