What do you think of Senator Dodd’s proposal?

What do you think of Senator Dodd’s proposal?

Dodd: Reform No Child Left Behind
MSNBC - USA
Dodd called for No Child Left Behind to be reformed -- not scrapped as other Democratic presidential candidates have proposed. He also repeated his call for ...
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Response from Parents and Teachers:

From Teacher in Arizona:

We know it is up for review in October. It will never go away.... we are hoping for some grandfather clause or some explanation of how they will handle so many unfilled classrooms. Of course we need these answers from the state too. They are going to be in trouble when looking for teachers appropriately certified. They ill end up with other non appropriate teachers in the classrooms... like subs or people they recruit without teaching experience. It will be a turning point for our city/state when this happens next year...whatever does happen is still a guess.

The only pathetic thing currently is that the district is offering us only us a 1% raise. They feel this is a good offer. Sick!!!! 1% does not cover the money they are taking back(repayment to the district) for an insurance error they made three years ago. In addition, still our retirement is going up so the 1% would not even cover that stuff. Another year they think is ok to have us make less than the year before...three years in a row. Sick!!!!

From a Parent in Massachusetts:

I think Dodd is pretty far off base on all his educational proposals.

His idea of eliminating the lender subsidy for federal student loans is ill-conceived. If you completely eliminate the subsidy then 75% of the federal loans which are run through private banks will no longer be booked. The direct loan program cannot be quadrupled in size to make up the difference. His proposal is purely pandering to people who don't understand anything about how student loans work. His proposals regarding private loans are equally off base.

I think that No Child Left Behind is too flawed to fix and should be scrapped. Congress can come back in a year or two and try again to get it right, this time by funding some of the mandates and setting realistic standards.