With accountability, ... teachers can't spend time in exercises in political correctness, or fun and games in the classroom. When there's a more focused academic effort, some of the fluff goes. Cheri Yecke
Motivational, Inspirational, Funny Quotes
![[As commissioner, Yecke was a big supporter of the No Child Left Behind law, which requires schools to test students every year and slaps penalties on schools where students don't meet test score goals.] Right now, I don't see any resistance [to No Child Left Behind], ... I see acceptance. Implementation is taking place. Perhaps [educators] had once seen it as threatening, but once everything was in place, they found they could rise to the challenge. - Cheri Yecke Quotes](/pic/img/img.php?text=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&author=ICBDaGVyaSBZZWNrZSAgICA=&num=8 "[As commissioner, Yecke was a big supporter of the No Child Left Behind law, which requires schools to test students every year and slaps penalties on schools where students don't meet test score goals.] Right now, I don't see any resistance [to No Child Left Behind], ... I see acceptance. Implementation is taking place. Perhaps [educators] had once seen it as threatening, but once everything was in place, they found they could rise to the challenge. - Cheri Yecke Quotes")
