The No Child Left Behind Act is supposed to "expand school choices for children in low-income communities." Nevertheless, " more than 1 million students in the nation's largest urban school districts have remained at poor-performing campuses (http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-transfer8nov08,0,4548510.story?coll=la-home-headlines) " even though they could have left for a better school. In Los Angeles, for example, "only 215 students switched to better campuses last year out of nearly 204,000 who were eligible." Critics say that the numbers prove that the law misunderstands "the importance of neighborhood schools to parents."
My Opinion:
If you live in an area where you believe your child's school is not sufficient, then it is probably likely that you either:
- Don't have the money for transportation to send your child an extra 5+ miles away each day to school for 180 school year days.
- Don't have the time to wake your child up earlier, or drive them to school.
- Your choices are very limited, no other school you feel confortable with.
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