Paul’s words

Ok, so Sylvia fairly asked where our candidates stand on the NCBL act.  So I went ahead and briefly looked at each Candidate’s campaign website and to check out what they had to say about NCBL. 

Senator McCain has only a few words on his website which directly refer to NCBL.  Here is what his website says about NCBL:

“No Child Left Behind has focused our attention on the realities of how students perform against a common standard. John McCain believes that we can no longer accept low standards for some students and high standards for others. In this age of honest reporting, we finally see what is happening to students who were previously invisible. While that is progress all its own, it compels us to seek and find solutions to the dismal facts before us.”

Here is what you can find on Senator Clintons website:

“No Child Left Behind is a failed policy that needs fundamental overhaul – not tinkering around the edges. The one-size-fits-all approach of NCLB is simply not working, and today’s announcement signals that the Bush Administration is beginning to acknowledge that. As President, I will work with Congress to end the No Child Left Behind Act, and put in its place a more sensible law that stops micromanaging our schools from the federal level and provides real support to struggling schools.”

This is some of what Senator Obama’s website says about NCBL:

Here is a more detailed plan of what he plans to do with NCBL: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/pdf/PreK-12EducationFactSheet.pdf

I’ll (this is me/Paul speaking) leave it up to you guys to make your own assessments of the candidates.  This being said, as future teachers we have an opportunity to voice our concerns to each candidate and frame the debate in a way that we see as being beneficial to our schools.