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Top teachers hindered by No Child Left Behind act, UCR study finds
- 01-26-2010
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By Dayna Straehley/Riverside Press-Enterprise
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 UC 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. The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certifies advanced knowledge, experience, judgment and practice by experienced teachers. Jennifer Higgins, a sixth-grade teacher at Kennedy Elementary in Riverside, says the federal law makes it harder to create fun lessons that inspire children to learn.Teachers in the study told researchers that too much class time is devoted to teaching what's on the state tests, and there's little time left for creative and fun lessons, said co-author Steven Brint, sociology professor and associate dean at UC Riverside. (more...)
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