Newspaper

The Daily Herald

Washington D.C.  January 7, 2002 ---

Tomorrow the No Child Left Behind Act

officially takes effect. One of President

Bushes signature pieces of legislature,

The No Child Left Behind act promises

to make great strides in education.  In 

the area of literacy education the act

reads “Reading First is a focused

nationwide effort to enable all students

to become successful early readers.

Funds are dedicated to help states and

local school districts eliminate the

reading deficit by establishing high-

quality, comprehensive reading

instruction in kindergarten through

grade 3. Building on a solid foundation

of research, the program is designed to

select, implement, and provide

professional development for teachers

using scientifically based reading

programs, and to ensure accountability

through ongoing, valid and reliable

screening, diagnostic, and classroom-

based assessment.”  When asks how

he thinks the act will effect the way

he teaches literacy in his classroom

Mr. David Jones a 4^th grade elementary

school teacher said, “I don’t think the

way I teach will change, I just think I will

have more resources at my disposal to

assist me in teaching.” If Mr. Jones is

correct and the act works as it is

written we should see dramatic increases

in the level of literacy in our country.

I choose a newspaper article for this piece because i wanted to portray the initial reaction to the passing of the No child left behind act. I wanted to portray the act in a positive way, the way it was originally intended to be viewed. The article identifies when the act was enacted and gives a teachers point of view about how they feel it would work out.