Have you heard of Diane Ravitch? She was a Bush appointee who pushed for
NCLB who has apparently changed her mind and written a book saying it not
only doesn't work but is actually harming education.
http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2010/03/25/diane-ravitch-no-child-lef
t-behind-reform-killing-public-education.html
Sharon Hamer--Library Teacher
Belmonte Middle School
Saugus, MA 01906
shamer@saugus.k12.ma.us
"It is more than ironic that school districts are willing to spend hundreds
of thousands of dollars on reading programs and staff development which have
had limited success in boosting test scores, but are unwilling to invest in
school library programs that show such direct correlations to student
success," researcher Douglas Achterman wrote in a 2008 study of California
school libraries.
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