Teachers, which view do you favor (Obama or McCain's) on the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND issue?

Question

Teachers, which view do you favor (Obama or McCain's) on the NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND issue?

Answer 1

I favor Obama's view on Education.

I hate NCLB as do most educators. You would be hard pressed to find as many teachers who vehemently agree on any one thing, but I think that NCLB is one of the uniting factors. I haven't met a teacher yet that thinks it is good. Something is wrong wtih that picture.  If you have never been in the classroom, especially within the last 15 years, then I do not believe you have a right to make and pass bills, laws, or amendments that have anything to do with education.  

Obama is not a big fan of NCLB, so I'm hoping that if he is elected, he will do something with it.  My vote is for a big trash bag....

Answer 2

As a teacher, I would like to see more funding given to schools that need it, and students who could benefit from assistive services need to get it.  Too many Special Ed. students are being thrown out of the Sp.Ed programs and into the mainstream classroom and they are not ready for it.  In Texas, everything is judged by your TAKS scores.  I had several students this year who had just simply been dropped out of the Sp.Ed. program and still very much needed additional help (I teach math).  Both of the students failed the TAKS test, yet they just move on to the next grade.  How can they just move along when they did not learn enough this year?  Math builds on previous learning!  On top of that, they are going into 8th grade, so they HAVE TO pass in order to get to go to high school the next year.  There are ESL students who will be in the ESL program until they graduate because they can't pass the TAKS, yet Sp.Ed kids are dumped out and never looked at again!  We need a more efficient and effective solution to NCLB - no matter which candidate does it.

Answer 3

Vouchers for students. That's the best way.

Answer 4

I favor Obama.  No Child Left Behind right now should be called Leave Behind Every Child Who Needs Help.  Funding based on test scores?  Teachers teaching to the test rather than life skills?  I work in a low income school, and these students need high quality teachers and extra programs to help them succeed.  We have a high number of LD, CD, and autistic students at my school.  Because they can't test high on a standardized test our school is punished.  Shouldn't we be helping these students rather than punishing them?  Obama wants to change the "rules" behind No Child Left Behind.  He wants the direction of the program to be geared more towards preparing students for higher education.  There were all kinds of promises about money and funding, and right now No Child Left Behind is running on a shoestring budget.  Obama would like to put more money into education, as it's embarrassing that the United States has the highest drop-out rate of any country.

Answer 5

the above answer that mentions our president  is what you are going to get alot of. That answer is based not on the specifics of any plan but because he hates someone who is not running. And the rest are not addressing education - shameful.

the truth is they are very similar - support with tweaks. AND neither has said much. The people to research are the education advisors: Jeanne Century and Lisa Graham Keegan. They are the ones saying things.

Who's plan do i favor? too soon to call . there are too many similarities at this point.

Neither will dismantle the law.

Both voted for it - Obama at the *state* level - when he knew it was unfunded, Mccain voted for it also.

People wont be deciding their vote based on this issue.

Answer 6

McCain is inherently evil, Obama is a puppet for globalism, but at least he is semi soft hearted, so he is the best of the 2.

still... both candidates are a threat to America and want to turn our republic into a democracy. A democracy is a form of socialism/communism. I say no to them both! they should be deported, as they do not stand for what America represents.

Answer 7

No Child Left Behind is a horrible program started by George Bush.  Problem is...it is unrealistic and not funded by the federal govt.  As a retired high school principal, it caused heartache and concern, especially when a local board of education based continued employment on the results which were SKEWED and educationally unsound.

Who has the best plan.  Obama.  He is a realist and will take a look at the reality of it all.  States will make their own plans to be submitted to the feds.

McCain....he is a George Bush clone.  Read the articles, listen to CNN, Fox....it is easy to see he is not going to alter much of what Bush has done, educationally or policy-wise.