tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post1795367466787118363..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: No Child Left Behind Appears To Be Doing Some GoodDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-57197044002153956642009-06-21T19:29:01.531-07:002009-06-21T19:29:01.531-07:00I hope you are right. My observation is that no-o...I hope you are right. My observation is that no-one learns anything any more in the American educational system.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-64047790488288243312009-06-21T17:21:01.733-07:002009-06-21T17:21:01.733-07:00I suspect you are right and that some minor cosmet...I suspect you are right and that some minor cosmetic changes will suddenly have many of those who objected to it now saying it is the greatest thing since sliced bread. There will always be a contingent against it because they will claim it discriminates. More importantly, I think it also shows us which teachers are competent and which are not,something I suspect will cause the various teacher's unions to object to it. Fortunately, truly incompetent teacher are few, but they need to be discovered and removed because of the damage they do. While I had several lackluster teachers, only one would I describe as incompetent and she was let go after one year, but my nephews were not so lucky. The grade school they attended kept that teacher and finally the family moved simply to get the last one a better fourth grade teacher. Several years later the wife of a friend of mine was elected to the school board of that district and after all was said and done, several teachers, including the one, were let go along with the principal.Fritz J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07964038461331789981noreply@blogger.com