Moment of Change: Better Public Education

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This is an excerpt of John Edwards' speech to the NEA in July. Edwards recently rolled out his education plan:
http://www.johnedwards.com/issues/education/education-agenda/

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1. NCLB tests

Edwards is spot on. It is a waste to teach to the test and have children repeatedly take a test that essentially only measures rote memory skills. As he has said, NCLB needs to be gutted and totally overhauled.

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2. You don't make a hog fatter by weighing it!

As teachers, we realize measuring achievement is essential for gauging students' progress - and assessing our teaching skills - but the NCLB Act focus on pencil and paper testing testing testing is ridiculous!