No Child Left Behind?

Hundreds of schools are laying of teachers & administration across the country due to budget cuts, many kids are given very little opportunity to get the best education. What is even more unsettling is when teachers alter students tests scores to pass them to the next grade.

Atlanta schools have been put on the radar, as a decade long investigation led to 178 teachers & principals accused of cheating on state standardized test scores. Investigators have been looking into test scores since 2001 when test scores suddenly sky rocketed . The investigation led to 82 teachers confessing to changing wrong answers on tests to pass students. The Atlanta investigation is the largest cheating scandal in U.S. history.

Some teachers have confessed to having private meetings after school to change student's answers. Though none of the teachers wanted to be identified, it will only be a matter of time the investigation report will be available to the public. Investigators have found altered test scores starting with Kindergarten students.

It seems like the children are not even given a chance to learn starting at age five. All because teachers feared of losing their jobs because of low test scores. Now many schools are out of teachers & thousands of children are more than left behind. Having to play catch up for teachers making a horrible decision & gambling to future of many children in the state.

Tax payers pay for schools to do their job & teachers have used that money like toilet paper. Now tax payers are still left to wipe up their mess. Many schools will most likely be fined thousands of dollars & many teachers face criminal charges.

What is even more sickening is four district top administrators & two principals have been put on paid leave?! It is ridiculous to continue to pay ignorant individuals for taking advantage of the value of education. They should not be getting paid at all! What is going to happen to all of these children left to transfer to another school district or reading at a first grade level in sixth grade? This is only the tipping point of the fallout of the investigation. There are already other investigations in other states such as Philadelphia, Los Angeles, & Washington D.C. .

I think it's time to scrap the horrible No Child left Behind Act & start from scratch. These children are supposed to be our future & they are being screwed over the day the start school at age five. Hopefully all involved will definitely be held accountable for their actions & other schools change their cheating ways as well.

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