Mar 1, 2012

In Alabama, NCLB--We Hate It, But We'll Use It!

     The embattled No Child Left Behind effort took another blow this week at the same time the Montgomery School Board used it to clean house at an embattled Montgomery County/City High School.
  •      The State became the latest to ask for a waiver from parts of the law, realizing like many others have that it will be impossible to meet the goals set down in it by the approaching deadline.
  •      Then, according to a story on WNCF ABC-32, the Board started firing teachers and administrators at Lee High School today---tenure or not---something NCLB allows.
     Superintendent Barbara Thompson issued a statement:

“Lee has a wonderful tradition,” Thompson said in a press release. “We are focusing on restoring that tradition by putting the programs and the people in place that will provide students with the instruction, tools, and student/teacher relationships needed to succeed.”

     When was it that Lee had a great tradition? Do the teachers bear all of the responsibility for the situation? None of the students? None of the parents of those students? None of the taxpayers who provide barely enough money for public education?

4 comments:

  1. Aren't teachers under yearly contract for the academic year?

    Look for lawsuits on this one.

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  2. This is actually a good thing, none of those teachers, but a few, cared about giving the students education and I've heard that they've told the students that they only do it for the pay check. Good looking out MPS, get those rotten b*stards out of was once a great school.


    - Class of 96

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  3. Some legal eragle needs to explain how thee NCLB can negate Alabama' teacher tenure law.

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  4. David, what's a legal eragle?

    Something the Attorney General's office ought to be looking at?

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