Here’s an interesting commentary on our favorite piece of legislation, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act, done by Tom Chapin. The original video can be found at http://www.notonthetest.com/.

Download Video: Posted by tekkieteacher at TeacherTube.com.

This was written by a retired school superintendent from South Carolina named John Taylor way back in 2002. It’s been making the rounds for years now and I’m not sure how I could have missed it. Better late than never. Enjoy.

No Dentist Left Behind

As we are in the midst of SOL remediation and testing, I found Alfie Kohn’s post, Do Kids Read Less for Fun? Blame Standardized Tests from The Pulse, particularly poignant. One quote, in particular, stood out:

“We haven’t been doing any reading since we started preparing the kids for the reading test.”