Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math

Schools Cut Back Subjects to Push Reading and Math - New York Times. So do you think it is because NCLB places so high a premium on reading and math that schools seem to be willing to sacrifice biology, chemestry, physics, history, geography, civics, and so much more. Reading without a link to content is no way to engage students in learning. Decontextualizing education is perhaps an unintended consequence of NCLB but here it is anyway.

Paulo Feiere would have us always ask, "Whose interests are being served here?" In an earlier post I focused on the testing industry and their interests. Profits are being made but at whose expense. If students have no idea about history, science or politics then do we have a chance at survival as a nation? Someone please come to your senses.