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To: DavesM who wrote (15271)	3/28/2006 8:17:04 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 542126

"I'm beginning to think, we should start spending more money on teaching people how to be parents" I'm for that too.

To: DavesM who wrote (15271)	3/28/2006 9:03:58 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 542126

I am not opposed to "fully funding" NCLB, so that schools would not have to "narrow the curriculum". But if a greater ratio of a school's hours need to be spent on remedial instruction, wouldn't curriculum have to narrow anyway? The number of students requiring remediation probably vary greatly from school to school, in some places few and in others many with a great many in between. Thus, I suspect, that in most schools the funding would permit the "broader" curriculum to remain for the bulk of the students.

To: DavesM who wrote (15271)	3/28/2006 9:17:41 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542126

I am not opposed to "fully funding" NCLB, so that schools would not have to "narrow the curriculum". But if a greater ratio of a school's hours need to be spent on remedial instruction, wouldn't curriculum have to narrow anyway? I find the NCLB debate fascinating despite the fact that I consider the program a well-intentioned boondoggle reminiscent of LBJ-era social policy mistakes. The federal government has no place in this inherently local concern except to provide funds to the states so they can distribute them as they see fit. The NCLB testing structure improperly influences how a teacher teaches, how curricula are developed, etc., all to the detriment of students. Another fit of federal folderol and a waste of taxes.