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Why don't they let Master Teachers re-vamp the system?  These politicians know absolutely nothing about what is happening in the schools.  Starting kids in school at age 3 is rediculous.  Why don't we just take the kids from birth.  That way we can sort out their little and big problems before they enter our schools.  What happened to kids being just normal kids for a while?  As for every child being ready for school when the come through the doors, what crap!  Half the students in my class never saw a written page before kindergarten.  If they are from Mexico, they never saw it until they came to school here at whatever age. (I/m being dramatic here)

I get so upset when politicians and school board people "so what's best for the children."  They have never taught 43 kids at one time.  They have no clue what we go through.  They don't have to handle emotionally disabled children while trying to maintain classroom control and teach.  We should be the ones making the decisions about education.

As for every classroom having a master teacher from the beginning?  Where do the new teachers come into that?  How do we get new teachers when they have to be masters in the first place?

This is why so many teachers are leaving education.

I want to know why no politician is campaigning against NCLB.  I have heard Obama, Clinton, Giulliani and Romney all boast about how to beef up accountability and NCLB.  McCain and Edwards have been almost silent on the issue.  

I want to see a candidate say, "This law is wrong. It's a burden to the tax payers, a heavy handed Federal oversight in an area that should be left up to the local government.  It penalizes low income, ELL and Special Education students."  

If a candidate were to add that plank to the platform, I guarentee he or she would be adding enormous votes.  Parents and teachers alike hate the law.  Not only that, but teachers are naturally persuasive (who else has it in them to convince fourth graders of the value of sitting still to learn fractions), which means they would campaign on the grassroots level against NCLB.