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IMO it started with no child left behind, and a wave of public sentiment and legal precedent that places the worst performing and behaving students above the ma
by s1artibartfast 1y ago
IMO it started with no child left behind, and a wave of public sentiment and legal precedent that places the worst performing and behaving students above the majority.
I have a teacher friends who have to deal with students attacking them. One had a student break their hand and they could not suspend or expell them. Imagine trying to teach a class under such conditions.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> it started with no child left behind FTA: "As controversial as it was, No Child Left Behind coincided with increased school performance, especially for those at the bottom."
- s1artibartfast 1y agoThat is not mutually exclusive. First, you can absolutely sacrifice the median to improve the average. Second, I was pointing out when I think it started. One hypothesis is that the negative impacts of no child left behind and similar programs were initially mitigated/compartmentalized by the heavy academic tracking used at the time. My understanding is that much of this has changed over time with a reduction in number of tracks.