Reflection+on+NCLB+and+Standards+Era

Just to think that I spent the last summer learning Microsoft Frontpage to gain web capabilities for sharing ideas. This is a great device for completing a basic webpage without the confusion of html. The most difficult part of this project was organizing the literature into something relevant to the class. There was so much information that was in a digital format, yet the impetus to include everything subsided as the assignment ensued. I did not know how many sites have been devoted towards making sense of the political agendas that drive conporary public education. I do beleive that the class was successful in creating a chronology that chronicles the major achievements in such a controversial field. Our project highlighted and simply displayed the surface of a cauldron of ideas and research relevant to this time period. The most captivating aspect is this history is happening daily through the current administrations and stakeholders that leave their stamp on this industry.
 * __Matthew R. Candis__**

Once I completed the technology class during my Specialist degree, I assumed that I had been exposed to all of the potential uses of technology in the classroom. However, this project has opened my eyes to a new possibility. Although this era was the one I was most familiar with, I learned a great deal from completing this project. It was interesting to link together the progression from one president to the next while exploring their contributions to education and the high stakes testing/standards era we currently find ourselves in.
 * __Tonya Woolfolk__**