I joined the Educational World Weekly Newsletter. This web-site has a lot of valuable resources and information in early childhood. This weeks newsletter included the feature story of No Child Left Behind: 10 Years Later. This article talks about the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001, or "No Child Left Behind.". It also discusses Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) and its continuous struggles. The good news and bad news of No Child Left Behind.
Some of the positive effects of NCLB have included improvements to schools’ curricula and increasing attention paid to underserved subgroups within the student population.
Some of the law’s negative effects have included (1) a reduction in time spent on subjects not assessed by standardized tests, (2) a narrowing of content within tested subjects (for example, assigning shorter reading passages, as opposed to novels), and (3) a reduction in staff morale.
The newsletter also has a section called Early Childhood Resource. In this section there is an activity bank and it gave an idea that the schools could use to help celebrate the 100th day of school.
Encourage children to bring in canned goods. When you have 100 cans or items, donate them to a local charity.
Invite children to use paper, lace, glitter, and stickers to create 100 valentine cards. Arrange for the group to deliver them to the children's unit at a nearby hospital, senior citizens' complex, or nursing home; or mail them to servicemen and women around the globe
The link for this site is http://www.educationworld.com/
Dear Melanine,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post, I have been looking for some new resources on Early Childhood. It was interesting reading about the No Child Left Behind positive and deleterious effects. I hope the word weekly newsletter you choose continues to help you grow in your profession. :-)
Thank you for sharing this information with us about No Child Left Behind. Being a new teacher, I hear a lot about this and I also feel the stress already about the test my students will be taking this Spring. I am going to look into this resource especially for the 100th day of school. Great post! Thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you for mentioning the positive aspects of NCLB. As educators, we tend to focus on the negative aspects during staff development meetings. It is always refreshing to consider the other side.
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