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No Child Left Behind applied behind bars - Doc Johnson - 12-10-2006 08:07 AM
This is how stupid U.S. education policy is.
Quote:The Eager Street Academy is a Baltimore public school behind bars, with the most troubled student body in the city. Nonetheless, its staff has the impossible job of complying with the federal No Child Left Behind Act.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-te.md.eager09dec09,0,209429.story?track=rss
- Guest - 12-10-2006 11:25 AM
The first problem I see is putting children in prison. While prisons do have the useful function of keeping harmful people away from others, prisons are universities of crime because they "enclose within their walls more vices than are met with on any other spot of the globe" (Kropotkin). This is very problematic because the major elements of personality coalesce during youth. Similar harmful effects can be seen in places of high crime. The youth in areas of high crime are more likely to join gangs and commit crimes.
The education there is clearly not helping as the failure rate as 100%. The causes are varied, mainly a combination of lack of previous education, other worries (e.g. "worried about turning 18 and going to the adult side and getting raped"), and the prison environment.
Then of course there is the much criticized NCLB Act. I can't make any judgments based on the Act because I have no knowledge of it. If anybody has a good resource for information about the Act I would be grateful.