School board Members

This past Monday night 10/27/2008 we had a lecture from two of the Decorah School Board Members. They talked to us about good teaching, and How NCLB had affected them, and How it affected them doing their jobs. They said that good teaching was important to schools so that the students got the best education that is possible. They also said that the tests that NCLB had made them implement in their schools had been working on improving their students tests scores, and it had been working. They did not seem to have a single bad thing to say about NCLB. They also talked about competing with the international schools, and their education levels. They said that in order to compete with them, we might need to go to the year-round schooling that some other countries have went to. The only problem with that is the social-cultural shock that would overcome the Nation if the whole nation went to this system. This was a very good point of view in my opinion about everything. They had some different ideas on NCLB, and year-round schooling that i had never heard before. It was a great lecture!!