Every child in grades two and eight who earn an F in English will be held back, under the new law. However, she remains pessimistic about the chances for getting all children at grade level. My teachers are doing their level best to help our kids promote. The speed at which this change is being implemented is mind-boggling. One initiative underway at Nightingale is mandatory after-school intervention classes for children who are below grade level.
Teachers also try to encourage more parent involvement and monitor children's progress via testing.
If students have no opportunity to learn and use technology after they graduate from grade school and high school, they will be going into a foreign world, where they may never catch up. Only North Carolina has applied to the U.S. Department of Education to receive Ed Flex funds. For-profit organizations are beginning to offer teacher education programs. Sylvan has contracts with Baltimore schools and a school district in Prince George's County to provide teacher education programs. Coursework mainly is provided through distance learning via videos.