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To: Don Earl who wrote (4921)1/9/2004 6:46:10 PM
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First point: I disagree in principle with unfunded federal mandates. That was my point. Now as to why the cost is what it is to do NCLB, I don't have the facts and you don't either. People who know more about it than you ro I have characterized it as underfunded and I believe them not you.

As for the rest of it, I don't share your contempt for teachers. I've known most of my kids' teachers personally, and I think they are dedicated and hard working. I think parents are equally guilty for the academic ills of our society but I don't hear much about that, I guess teachers are just easier to blame and pick on.

While I agree with you that there should be some mechanism to filter out bad teachers, I think the simplistic idea of having tests and punishing every school that doesn't get improving grades on the test every year will result in further privatization, in which the poor will be disenfrachised once again. This is the agenda IMO.
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