Non-fiction Audiobook Demo
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (US General American - GenAM)Transcript
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The goals set by Congress of 100% proficiency by 2014 is an aspiration. It is akin to a declaration of belief. Yes, we do believe that all Children can learn and should learn, but as a goal, it is utterly out of reach. No one truly expects that all students will be proficient by the year 2014. Although Nclb is most fervent supporters often claim that it was feasible. Such a goal has never been reached by any state or nation. In their book about Nclb. Finnan has acknowledged that no educator believes this goal is attainable. They write only politicians promised such things. The law, they say, is comparable to Congress declaring that every last molecule of water or air pollution would vanish by 2014 or that all American cities would be crime free by that date, I would add that there's an important difference. If pollution does not utterly vanish or if all cities are not crime free, no public official will be punished. No state or municipal environmental protection agencies will be shuttered. No police officers will be reprimanded or fired. No Police department will be handed over to private managers. But if all students are not on track to be proficient by 2014, then schools will be closed. Teachers will be fired. Principals will lose their job, and some perhaps many public schools will be privatized all because they were not able to achieve the impossible