Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Does the No Child Left Behind Act Help or Hinder K-12 Education?

"The best teachers don't like the effects of the No Child Left Behind act, saying it hampers creativity in the classroom and makes it harder to teach students to love learning, a University of California Riverside study has found.

In the study, "Does the No Child Left Behind Act Help or Hinder K-12 Education?" published by UCR today in Policy Matters, the authors surveyed 740 national board certified teachers in California. They found that 84 percent reported overall unfavorable attitudes about the act."

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