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North Carolina Association of Education
Posted December 2nd, 2007 by Leslie HeathWith the upcoming election, many of people are talking about who they are going to vote for and what their proposed plans are.
My Blog entry is about the North Carolina Association of Educators (NCAE), backing presidential candidate John Edwards, for the third time since his campaign began for federal office. The NCAE is an association that represents 70,000 educators and retirees in Edwards' home state.
Edwards has proposed several plans to help North Carolina Teachers by increasing teachers' pay, reducing classroom sizes in successful high-poverty schools, overhauling the No Child Left Behind education law and implementing an early childhood education program for all four year olds if he becomes president.
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Posted November 11th, 2007 by Leslie HeathIn my Introduction to American Education class we are reading the "New Teachers Quaterly," which discusses the postive and negative comments of No Child Left Behind. It seems to me that NCLB puts teachers in a position that is hard and produces more stress. The state looks at how the teachers and school has failed, but a huge part of the objectives covered seemed to be based on the responsibilty of the students as well.
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