CTE and the 21st Century Student

No Child Left Behind

I thought it might be interesting to start a blog entry about how President-elect Barack Obama's education plan will affect students in the 21st century.  According to his website, one objective of his education plan is:

"Barack Obama will reform No Child Left Behind:

Obama and Biden believe teachers should not be forced to spend the academic year preparing students to fill in bubbles on standardized tests and he will improve the assessments used to track student progress to measure readiness for college."

According to the goals of the 21st century, assessment need improvement.  I think it will interesting to see if and how No Child Left Behind will be reformed and if it will incorporate the 21st century skills framework.  I totally agree that No Child Left Behind has taken away a lot of the freedom teachers need.  It has taken away a lot of the creativity of teachers.  Has anyone heard any more specifics as to the president-elect's education plan?  If so, I would love to hear them. 

Posted at 01:47PM Nov 07, 2008 by Jennifer Cable in 21st Century Skills and Barack Obama  |  Comments[6]