Comments on: No child left behind https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 01:30:43 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Lee https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-4020 Lee Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:43:45 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-4020 I never liked it because throwing money at some people isn't going to help them one bit. Not everyone is capable of being a productive citizen. Biology will triumph in the end. I never liked it because throwing money at some people isn’t going to help them one bit. Not everyone is capable of being a productive citizen. Biology will triumph in the end.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-4012 TB Sun, 17 Jul 2011 19:05:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-4012 Q.E.D. Q.E.D.

]]> By: Eri https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-4001 Eri Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:54:48 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-4001 I never liked it and said so from the beginning. It was a Bush idea which meant it was not well thought out. I never liked it and said so from the beginning. It was a Bush idea which meant it was not well thought out.

]]> By: mcfly https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-3994 mcfly Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:48:16 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-3994 I've always thought No Teacher Left Behind would have been more appropriate. I’ve always thought No Teacher Left Behind would have been more appropriate.

]]> By: TB https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-3989 TB Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:44:31 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-3989 NCLB was a crappy idea. We need less Federal control of schools, not more. It was amusing how the Democrats have worked on filing their serial numbers off it. NCLB was a crappy idea. We need less Federal control of schools, not more.

It was amusing how the Democrats have worked on filing their serial numbers off it.

]]> By: Lee https://www.habitablezone.com/2011/07/16/no-child-left-behind/#comment-3986 Lee Sat, 16 Jul 2011 21:49:47 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=2555#comment-3986 So how would you handle it? They throw tons of money and resources at these "urban" school districts with nothing to show for it. Maybe the war on poverty is just as big a failure as the war on drugs, but with far more money wasted. So how would you handle it? They throw tons of money and resources at these “urban” school districts with nothing to show for it. Maybe the war on poverty is just as big a failure as the war on drugs, but with far more money wasted.

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