
No fr. No child left behind was horrible. I was deaf as a kid and it horribly impacted my learning because the teachers didn’t know how to help me. I eventually got surgery and can hear but I was held back one year because I was so behind. If I wasn’t held back i would have been so behind and would have struggled. I think one of the reasons no child life behind was implemented was because there is such a stigma around being held back but it’s better than kids graduating who can’t even read.
And the sad part is the parents don’t care they don’t fight. They don’t get involved and then act like they never knew their child was failing. We send emails, newsletters, reminders, report cards. We call they don’t even show up to the conferences. We even try and make way for these kids to get tutoring.