So I pose the question:
Why won't our government fund schools to accomidate the brightest?Schools with more challenging programs, so that those children want an education.
Cause in the end, it only hurts America, doesn't it?
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The no child left behind that makes funding for extra programs virtually dead. We have no budget for music at our school now. A class I was planning to take AP music theory was cut from the curriculum. They are cutting the number of AP classes a teacher can teach. My friend was taken out of AP biology and chemistry for next year because they did not have enough room. Its really bad down here in Florida. I made a joke that I should just take all normal classes get strait A's and go to a state school. Our county Broward is the exception in the rest of Florida most people are failing out of schools. The whole education system is bad. I read that times article also.
Actually, when you're in the public schools, you see that the US school system is catered towards the brightest (and the athletes), but fails the other 70% "regular" kids. Most schools have different programs especially for the brightest kids -- honors, AP, IB, and they even allow them to take college classes at a local university or community college or in a virtual high school setting. So, unless you're the brightest or an athlete, you don't get the attention you need or deserve, and those kids are the ones that end up getting left behind -- even though they're not supposed to be. So my point is that in the end, no child left behind is a huge failure that tests the heck out of kids.
They can take AP or honors classes.
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