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US should give up on the "leave no one behind" mentality - or at least seriously overhaul that system. Because it seems to have pushed everyone to the lowest co
by higherpurpose 12y ago
US should give up on the "leave no one behind" mentality - or at least seriously overhaul that system. Because it seems to have pushed everyone to the lowest common denominator. From what I hear, schools even consider everyone a "winner" now, just for passing the year. That seems a bit much...What's the incentive for excellence then?
- ausjke 12y agoExactly, race-to-the-top is more beneficial absolutely, the C-grade president Bush's no-child-left-behind policy is making the whole country's students a C-level group. The bar is set way too low these days, even communism society does not have dumb policy like that to make everyone "happy". The no-child-left-behind policy could drag the whole nation to new lows in the hi-tech era.
- Dewie 12y ago> , the C-grade president Bush's no-child-left-behind policy is making the whole country's students a C-level group. The fact that "C" is an insult is a sign of grade inflation, which might be another symptom of the bar being set too low (and that has to be compensated for by using grades like A+, etc. to distinguish the top performers).