Dumbing Down the Teaching Profession, Part Deux

I couldn't make this stuff up if I tried. Now, NCLB will be used as an instrument to weed out teachers who aren't teaching to the test. One would think, given the empirical evidence, that the teacher's unions would have spent some time working to eradicate NCLB from litany of national disgraces the Bush administration has visited upon us.

But NOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo..............

Check this out:

Who's Really Fit To Teach?
`No-Child' Report Questions Teacher Skills
April 4, 2006
By ROBERT A. FRAHM, Courant Staff Writer

"The U.S. Department of Education has issued a new monitoring report that throws into question the qualifications of more than 13,000 teachers, about 30 percent of the state's public school teaching force, state officials say.

State education officials have vowed to challenge the report's conclusion that many teachers - especially older elementary teachers and those teaching social studies and special education classes - do not meet the criteria established under the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

The findings, to be outlined at a State Board of Education meeting this week, could mean that even some of the state's most highly regarded teachers would have to undergo job reviews or possibly even take tests or further training to demonstrate their competence."