The main problem I see with NCLB is the rediculous exclusive use of standardized tests to somehow judge wether or not a school is teaching it's kids, and if they aren't doing well on the tests they obviously aren't good teachers. This is bullshit. Instead of actual learning and thinking, students are taught only what will give the school district good marks.
Learning can't be standardized and learning doesn't happen the same for every single kid. It's terribly unfair to assume that teachers alone are responsible for the school's "success". Of course urban areas are going to do worse if Johnny Testtaker has to walk through warzones and drug deals on his way home from school only to find his mom has to work late and he has to take care of his younger siblings, instead of riding his bike through the suburbs to do his homework before his mommy and daddy will let him play.
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