No child left behind act

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The No child left behind act has been a big issues ever since its establishment in 2009 by President George Bush. There has been cry by some parents for the law to be repeal because they feel it is creating more problem for the educational system. However, critical analysis of the situation of the students grades by comparing the period before and after the establishment of No child left behind will show that the law has brought tremendous improvement in our education and need to stay.
Education is the bedrock of any great nation, as a result we cannot ignore it when there is crisis in that sector. This is because once there is a problem in the educational sector of a country every other sector is in danger of collapse. United State educational system has been on a downward spiral and these was confirm by an international organization UNICEF in its yearly report and was noted by Mathis in his research work “in a UNICEF follow-up study, the gap between our average scorers and our low scorers gives the U.S. an abysmal ranking of 21st out of 24 industrialized nations in educational equality” (Mathis, 2003). This is a reputable report that confirms there is a problem in the educational system. This kind of disparity is what brings cries from parents and educators all over the country regarding the dwindling fortune of our educational system. In other to solve the problem, the government came out with the No child left behind act. The No child left behind act was enacted in 2002 by President Bush. It is the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act of 1965 and it main objective and focus is to increase the grades of student in Math and reading. Since inception the act has brought tremendous improvement to the educ...

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...tuation is by making available quality teachers, increase spending and close monitoring of how the school is operated to ensure improve academic performances by student.
As a result of all these achievement, defending the No child left behind from people against it is everyone responsibility. This is not the time to stop what is working perfectly well but rather educators, teachers and every citizen needs to give it all the support so that the law would complete what it has started the complete turnaround of the educational system of the country. The critics that are complaining about the huge money spend outweigh the benefits should remember that as in any great investment you do not reap the benefit immediately but with patient it will definitely come to you and unlike investment that is uncertain the benefit of the No child left behind act is certain.

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