As much as I would like to think that the Obama effect will help the test scores of low performing black students, I am afraid that NCLB has made such a mess of the education system, that nothing short of a complete overhaul of American Education is going to help these students right now.
Since the early 2000's we have taught kids that hard work does not matter. All someone has to do is sit, do nothing, and then pass a test at the end of the year to go on to the next grade. Sometimes, they don't even have to pass the test if their parents complain loudly enough and to the right people. As a result, many students at my school, which is 51% non-white, don't think there is any reason to show effort at all - except for three days at the end of the school year.
Look at the young people coming out of college, businesses are complaining that they have no work ethic, that parents are too involved with their work life, and they can't think for themselves. This "mark C" generation as I call them think that the world owes them everything. After all, they don't have to work, just mark C and 80% of the time, that will get them what they want. No Effort involved!
I am afraid that we have made such a mess of things, its going to take another 100 years to recover.
Since the early 2000's we have taught kids that hard work does not matter. All someone has to do is sit, do nothing, and then pass a test at the end of the year to go on to the next grade. Sometimes, they don't even have to pass the test if their parents complain loudly enough and to the right people. As a result, many students at my school, which is 51% non-white, don't think there is any reason to show effort at all - except for three days at the end of the school year.
Look at the young people coming out of college, businesses are complaining that they have no work ethic, that parents are too involved with their work life, and they can't think for themselves. This "mark C" generation as I call them think that the world owes them everything. After all, they don't have to work, just mark C and 80% of the time, that will get them what they want. No Effort involved!
I am afraid that we have made such a mess of things, its going to take another 100 years to recover.
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