Friday, December 10, 2004
WTF?
According to my local paper, eleven Illinois school districts must stop after-school tutoring sessions because (you guessed it) the districts are underperforming. (Sorry, I can't find a link)
Call me crazy, but if the districts are failing shouldn't they increase their after-school tutoring program? That would make sense to me. However, the No Child Left Behind act says differently. According to NCLB:
Now this makes sense. According to the article:
Under NCLB, the federal money used for after-school tutoring must now be used to pay private companies to do the job of trained teachers. Yet another way the Bush administration is funneling money to private businesses and further depleting the resources of the schools that need it most.
- The U.S. Department of Education told the Illinois State Board of Education in a letter that the Chicago Public Schools, seven suburban districts and schools in Galesburg, Springfield and the Metro East city of Madison must discontinue their tutoring programs because the districts failed to meet academic standards."
Call me crazy, but if the districts are failing shouldn't they increase their after-school tutoring program? That would make sense to me. However, the No Child Left Behind act says differently. According to NCLB:
- ...school districts that fail to meet federal academic standards two years in a row can't use money provided by the law on district-run tutoring programs. (emphasis mine)
Now this makes sense. According to the article:
- By next month, the districts must have alternative private tutoring programs in place or pay for district tutoring programs on their own." (emphasis mine)
Under NCLB, the federal money used for after-school tutoring must now be used to pay private companies to do the job of trained teachers. Yet another way the Bush administration is funneling money to private businesses and further depleting the resources of the schools that need it most.
