NCLB

Im not completely sure what we had to read so this may change in the next 24. From what i read it seems that NCLB is working. The article claims that the minorities are gaining as far as grades go. I find this to be a good thing. My question is are the teachers simply teaching to boost the grades or are they actually teaching useful lessons. I ask this because I have a professor who also has a job that requires him to go around to forth grade classes and evaluate how they are teaching. He tells us of finding teachers who simply teach their students to be good test takers rather then teaching them the material. That scares me personally. If this is going on we are teaching our future architects that if A and D are far of then you have a 50/50 chance on the other two so you can guess. To truly understand what these result show we must see how the teachers are giving out the material.

Reaction to arts high

Hey all I have not blogged in a while but I am back and ready to go. After visiting the Arts school I was thinking one thing. Every school should find a way to do what they are doing. I mean for all of you who participated in extra curricular activities understand what Im saying. There are those kids who take a few days off after the big game, play, or any event that they where involved in. I feel that if the schools found a way to mix what these kids love to do in to the classes then the students would enjoy school more. This was proven by the students who took us on the tours. I also liked the idea of the block scheduling. This is helpful for students when they are getting ready for those hour and fifteen minute classes they will see in college.