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Lorraine
Dodge, principal at Window Rock Elementary, says that although she
would like to see students obtain Navajo language skills, she also
believes in the importance of giving kids choices. "If kids
choose to forget the Navajo language and they want to go on and be
successful in the outer world we ought to be able to give them the
skills to do so.... and not to limit the kinds of choices that
children make for themselves." says Dodge. |
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Some of the
changes are really quite good. I suppose that's why it got bipartisan
vote in the House and the Senate.
Who can
argue with leaving no child left behind? Its just morally the right
thing to do for children.
I think it has
brought a lot of attention to students that we serve and that we
really do need to worry about their achievement and to worry about
every child, including kids who are in Special Ed. And so at this
school it's kind of helped us to get a common purpose and begin to
have a conversation about things we needed to do to improve our
schools so that we weren't no longer an under performing school.
On the
negative side of it, it's kind of narrowed the curriculum to a lot
more emphasis on math, reading, writing and less emphasis on the
other subject areas like art and some of the other things are just
left to the wayside. You don't have the time. You have to spend a
major portion of the day on reading because so many of our children
are behind in that area.
Lorraine Dodge
Principal
Window Rock
Elementary School
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