2.
Category: Education
3.
Level: State
4.
This articles concerns students in Texas
schools.
5.
This concerns schools because this waiver from
No Child Left Behind will have the bottom fifteen percent of schools have
concentrated help to help their students achieve better testing scores.
Targeting these schools won’t bring down the schools that do have higher scores
and they can continue with their education. The low-performing schools can get
the funding they need to have better programs and they no longer have to set
aside money for tutoring and they could maybe use it for books and better
equipment.
6.
I feel like this waiver might work. If there is
a struggle with low-performing schools then we should concentrate on bringing
them up to par with the schools that are performing better. The article stated
that during the legislative session, the section that would relate low scores
to teachers’ evaluations was dropped from the bill. I think that connection
would make sense and could make a big difference. If teachers aren’t helping students
reach their academic potential and it reflects in the students’ test scores
then a change needs to be done. I hope that section can eventually make its way
into the bill someday. But starting off with concentrating on the fifteen percent
of the lowest performing schools could be a change in the right direction to
have a better education system.
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