No child left behind

The teacher in the video posed a really good argument...yes it started off pretty weird and kind of raised an eyebrow, but then she got a bit more normal. lol. Anyways, she stuck to the topic, which was the "no child left behind" and did not go off attacking Bush and what not, like most people tend to that. She obviously knew what she was talking about and clearly explained the details of the whole act. I think the whole act is a great idea sounds lovely, but the way is plays out isn't so great. I am guessing that the FCAT is because of "NCLB". thats probably what the teacher was talking about with the tests every March. Seriously, teachers spend so much time teaching and preparing their students for the FCAT...rather than focusing on other curriculum. The act also has a "reward and punishment" detail to it which honestly made no sense to me. It doesn't make sense to reduce funds for schools that are doing poorly...wouldn't that just make things worse??? I don't think the basis for funds and money for schools should be based on how well the students are doing. If schools are not succeeding, then someone needs to oversee what the problem is and how to possibly help students do better...not say "oh hey their doing poorly, I guess we should punish them by lessening their funds". That makes no sense.