Thoughts:
I appreciated Obama agreeing that teacher performance should not be based on standardized tests. He also supports school districts such as USD #418 with waivers instead of State Tests. His final thought was also very powerful! We need to teach kids to "Learn How to Learn."
I was troubled by Romney's view of taking IDEA money and Title 1 money and giving this to the parents and having parents make the choice of what school their child goes to. Last class my group, discussed this and saw this helping to increase the gap... in other words "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer." Our less fortunate families would not have the same opportunities. My group also discussed the need for an early childhood education option. The final troubling thought for me was to evaluate schools annually and have the State step in if schools were not making adequate progress. Progress looks different for every child and every school.
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