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\nI have never heard of copyleft before! It is very fascinating and good to know. Wiki isn\u2019t always the most reliable source (as most professors make very clear), but I do appreciate the heart behind it and it usually is really good about getting straight to the point. I\u2019m thankful you laid all these laws out because even though I have been taught them, I was still confused about them and what exactly they encompassed. The No Child Left Behind law was the one needed to review the most. It involves a lot and a lot has been added and changed over the years. For some reason the NCLB law seems like a sore subject because even though it is meant for good, it also seems to be the reason behind the whole standardized testing debate and whether or not they are a reliable way to test students. Even though this is my 4th year discussing that topic, I still don\u2019t know what I believe about standardized testing! I am glad that I don\u2019t have to worry about that with art though. I wouldn\u2019t want to have to teach my student the test when I would rather be teaching them my own art lessons. The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act was one I vaguely remembered from my intro classes, but I was able to get the drift of it real quickly. In art therapy, there are very similar rules and guidelines as far as privacy goes.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"61020730","dateCreated":"1354747335","smartDate":"Dec 5, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"kleitschuh","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kleitschuh","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/capitaledpsych.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/61020730"},"dateDigested":1532724585,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Laws and Education ","description":"Laws and Education
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\nNo Child Left Behind Act would be the law I find that I have heard a lot about it, but I don\u2019t truly think I know fully what it\u2019s about. According to readings, it states that the main reasoning for this act is a requirement to have students up to the proficient level on tests. I think this is so important because of poverty schools or students that don\u2019t have supportive families at home could have such a success in life. It is sad though that even in poverty school or any public school in general can have teachers that just do not care about their students\u2019 educations that is so depressing because we are there for these students. One of the aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act is that all teachers must be \u201cqualified\u201d to teach in their area. I agree but I think this act should focus on the part of this act should focus on getting the poor teachers out of the education system, because they are not helping. I\u2019m really anxious to see what will happen when none of our 50 states manage to bring all of their students to the proficient level. It upsets me to think that nothing will probably change.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"60998326","dateCreated":"1354558688","smartDate":"Dec 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"mgreathousemarshall","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mgreathousemarshall","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/capitaledpsych.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/60998326"},"dateDigested":1532724586,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"MGreathouse Response","description":"Every teacher should be aware of the different laws that affect them and their colleagues. Laws are supposedly made in order to help make the learning process better, but a lot of times in the end it hinders the process. Let\u2019s take the No Child Left Behind Act. It was a great concept. It was supposed to push schools to make sure they were teaching to all students and ensuring that students were all being taught the same concepts. School district were then graded on the results of a test to see if they were really helping students. The only problem is inner city students and suburban students are not taught the same. Whereas surburban schools may be able to teach at a much faster pace, because students do not have as many disabilities or their parents can afford to provide outside resources for them, inner city schools have so many issues to address in the classroom on a regular basis. Larger classroom sizes mean more students to watch and more ways to try and teach a concept. Sometimes this gets lost and teachers cannot cover the material or they need to slow down because the majority of the students are lost and do not understand. Then the problem because that teachers are not teaching to the test, even though technically they are not allowed to. With some much pressure for teachers to raise the standards of their students, without the help of additional resources, it was only a matter of time before things got out of control. Laws can be a great thing, but when the person making the law has no idea the true impact of the law on the school system (i.e. never taught in a classroom before or spent time in one since they were a kid) it creates a bigger problem. I made a statement to my friends once that all of the lawmakers that come up with a kind of legislation for education need to spend at least one week in an inner city school. This will help change their whole perspective and make them think twice before sticking their nose in something they have no idea about.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"60916162","dateCreated":"1353897241","smartDate":"Nov 25, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"karibradley","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/karibradley","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/capitaledpsych.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/60916162"},"dateDigested":1532724586,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Kari Bradley response","description":"I chose to focus on the article on the No Child Left Behind act, because I have heard a lot about it, but I didn\u2019t necessarily know what it was all about. According to this Act, states are required to bring ALL students up to the proficient level on tests by the 2013-2014 school year. I do not know much about the education system, but I\u2019m almost positive that we\u2019re nowhere near meeting that requirement. I recently watched a movie called \u201cWaiting for Superman\u201d in my Developmental Psychology class, and it brought me almost to the point of tears. I never really realized the extent of the educational deficits in this country. The movie made it seem like it really comes down to teachers. Many public school teachers just do not care about their students\u2019 education, and it is very upsetting. I just do not understand why people get into teaching if they are not passionate about it and do not care about their students. It baffles me. One of the aspects of the No Child Left Behind Act is that all teachers must be \u201chighly qualified\u201d to teach in their area. I agree with this, all teachers should definitely be highly qualified to teach young, impressionable minds new things. However, you can be highly qualified to teach something and be a terrible teacher. I think part of this act should focus on getting the poor teachers out of the education system, because they are not helping. I\u2019m really anxious to see what will happen when none of our 50 states manage to bring all of their students to the proficient level. It upsets me to think that nothing will probably change.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"58781646","body":"Most of the teachers I have come into contact with really do care about education, however, they may struggle to meet their students' educational needs for many reasons, including a lot of pressure around standardized tests by which student progress is measured and which is actually a poor measurement. It's kind of like if a meteorologist used a thermometer that was off by a random number of degrees every time it is used; we would be thinking that the meteorologist was kind of stupid!!","dateCreated":"1354392571","smartDate":"Dec 1, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"COCapitalU","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/COCapitalU","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"60747640","dateCreated":"1352254996","smartDate":"Nov 6, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"cbpries","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/cbpries","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/capitaledpsych.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/60747640"},"dateDigested":1532724586,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Carly Pries - Response","description":"Laws that I will definitely need to be familiar with when I work with students with mental and physical disabilities are all the parts of the IDEA. Important laws include FAPE, LRE and Protection against discrimination in testing. Free & Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) that provides students with a free education that works with each individual child\u2019s needs no matter what they are. I think that appropriate pubic education is extremely important because if a student has a disability or a delay that inhibits them from achieving academic success it is very necessary to meet that students individual needs in order to facilitate proper development. Also, I think that Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) is also important because it allows students with disabilities or handicaps to be educated in a general education setting to the greatest extent possible depending on their functional abilities. This helps students with disabilities or handicaps to avoid feeling isolated. It also helps take advantage of their abilities to the greatest extent possible which can really help their development academically and even socially. Protection against discrimination I feel is also very important. One assessment should definitely not be the determining factor as implications that a student may need special services could be very upsetting to the parents of the student. If the student may need special placements there should definitely be multiple assessments. Sometimes the assessments can throw a surprising curveball; A teacher I know was dealing with a student with a language barrier and had to test him for possible ELL services, this student scored very well on the assessment which indicated that he was not in need of ELL services. Despite his scores, this student continued to simply not function well in a classroom, which, called for more assessments. As far as copyright laws and fair use for teachers go I think that it is very important to give people the rights to their own work and require others to abide by copyright laws. If there were no copyright laws and just anyone could take ownership of someone else\u2019s work it would easily take away motivation for authors to create some of the excellent texts we have today. As far as No Child Left Behind Act I think that its intentions were good however the execution and results have not been successful and will not be as a generality. Standardized testing is not a good reflection on teachers or even on students. There are so many factors that can lead to poor test grades even if the student\u2019s academic achievement is average or above average. What I don\u2019t understand is if there are laws in place that prevent one test from being the determining factor in the need for special services then how can one test be the determining factor of a student\u2019s level of competency and a teacher\u2019s ability to teach?","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"58246228","body":"I totally agree with you about NCLB. I am all for teaching all students, but I am also for high quality assessment practices and standardized tests are not high quality.
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\nWhen I was a kid, kids in special education were so isolated and they were rarely challenged. Once a student was in special education, there was little chance of them getting the academic background necessary for college. I'm so glad we have laws to try to keep that from happening now. The practices now are not uniformly good but it's better than it used to be.","dateCreated":"1352740795","smartDate":"Nov 12, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"COCapitalU","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/COCapitalU","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"60386108","dateCreated":"1349293856","smartDate":"Oct 3, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"arutsky","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/arutsky","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/capitaledpsych.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/60386108"},"dateDigested":1532724586,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Andrew Rutsky Response","description":"I think that as a teacher one must be aware of all the laws that apply to them, their classroom, and their school. One law that I find particularly important even as a student is the copyright law. This law gives the creator of work exclusive rights to it. As a teacher one can reproduce a work for the use of analyzing or criticizing. Also, I think that is interesting that after the author\u2019s life plus seventy years their work becomes public domain. As a teacher this means that plays written by Shakespeare or other old works aren\u2019t under the restrictions of copyright. In addition, I think that the No Child Left Behind act is and interesting idea. I like the concept of bringing up competency but I\u2019m not sure if standardized tests are the best way to do this. Some students aren\u2019t good test takers; as well as some students require more time to learn concepts. I just don\u2019t think that it is very realistic to require all students to reach a certain level of competency in the same timeframe. Certain factors such as location, school system, teacher, classmates, and individual learning styles all differ and affect how students achieve. Lastly, I believe that The Family Education Rights and Privacy Act is a necessary act. As a teacher I will want to give families the right to look at their son\u2019s or daughter\u2019s work and development. But at the same time students need a certain degree of confidentiality that is provided by this act. I also like that teachers within schools can release information on students between one another. This allows teachers to effectively get to know students faster and prepare to teach them in the most effective way.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"57088314","body":"I am in total agreement with you on standardized tests. They are extremely poor representations of what students know and can do, and therefore a really bad tool for determining whether a student can move forward in school or a teacher should get a raise (or keep his\/her job).","dateCreated":"1349451048","smartDate":"Oct 5, 2012","userCreated":{"username":"COCapitalU","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/COCapitalU","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]}],"more":false},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}