http://barbaranantz.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/universal-access/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:09:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://barbaranantz.wordpress.com/2008/01/26/universal-access/#comment-112 Pam Callahan Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:30:49 +0000 http://barbaranantz.wordpress.com/?p=86#comment-112 I absolutely agree with you that we need to be focusing attention on our own educational system. We all know that many of our schools have digital access issues, and we, as teachers, play the hand that we are dealt. But before we can conquer the digital access issues, there are other issues that have to be examined. These issues include poverty, lack of motivation, students performing below grade level in reading and math, lack of teacher classroom resources, and so on. I, too, would like to have seen numbers from the Bush administration on how much they are actually investing in education. I would like to see a program that replaces NCLB that is not full of consequences, but of supportive measures for improvement. I absolutely agree with you that we need to be focusing attention on our own educational system. We all know that many of our schools have digital access issues, and we, as teachers, play the hand that we are dealt. But before we can conquer the digital access issues, there are other issues that have to be examined. These issues include poverty, lack of motivation, students performing below grade level in reading and math, lack of teacher classroom resources, and so on. I, too, would like to have seen numbers from the Bush administration on how much they are actually investing in education. I would like to see a program that replaces NCLB that is not full of consequences, but of supportive measures for improvement.

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