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Is NCLB a solution to educational inequality?. Some positives: Same goals for all students (which addresses Wilcox’s findings) 100% highly qualified teachers (since high-poverty schools are more likely to have teachers who are not highly qualified).
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Is NCLB a solution to educational inequality? Some positives: • Same goals for all students (which addresses Wilcox’s findings) • 100% highly qualified teachers (since high-poverty schools are more likely to have teachers who are not highly qualified)
Is NCLB a solution to educational inequality? Some negatives: • Ryan’s unintended consequences • Puts more pressure on schools which receive Title I, which serve low-income students • Does not address the underlying structural issues of funding disparities or racial and socioeconomic segregation (also true of charter and voucher programs). • May result in a loss of public support for public education in general (which will harm low-income students the most)
Where are we now on NCLB? • Wave of cheating scandals • Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education, testified to the Senate that 19 states “dummied down” their standards to stay ahead of sanctions in February • Wide variation in standards between states • Wide variation in improvements between the states
Where are we now on NCLB? • Back to standards? Governors worked on national set of standards (Common Core) to lessen disparities between states’ standards • Congressional stalling on reauthorization of EASA (which provides federal funding for ed), in part because of federal vs. state rights • Waivers granted by Dept of Ed to 34 states and DC (emphasizing continuous improvement rather than meeting absolute goals) in exchange for linking teacher evaluation to students’ performance and raising curriculum standards.
