Jack Jennings Quotes

We have to ask the question whether No Child Left Behind is slowing down progress. - Jack Jennings

They're trying incremental approaches -- bringing in coaches, rethinking use of time, changing curriculum, retraining teachers. - Jack Jennings

The rate of improvement was faster before the law. There's a question as to whether No Child is slowing down our progress nationwide. - Jack Jennings

The president is not going to back down on No Child Left Behind. That means these testing companies are going to have to improve very quickly, which will probably mean they'll have to charge the states more. - Jack Jennings

The key question (for parents) is whether kids are doing better in regular school as a result of the services. - Jack Jennings

The bottom line is we should take pleasure in the fact American kids are doing better in math. Math achievement is going up in the United States in the long term. It is not, however, where kids in the United States ought to be. - Jack Jennings

The big question is will the Bush administration be able to defuse this political opposition. - Jack Jennings

Right now, you're not seeing radical restructuring. States are being very cautious. - Jack Jennings

One benefit of the law is that it gives schools the authority to do things they've wanted to do for a long time but couldn't. - Jack Jennings

Narrowing the curriculum has clearly become a nationwide pattern. - Jack Jennings

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