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Title: Literacy, Literature, And Censorship: The High Cost of No Child Left Behind (Report)
Author : Childhood Education
Release Date : January 22, 2010
Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 213 KB

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In 1985, Mel Gabler, the well-known textbook censor and founder of Education Research Analysts, said, "Humanists are aggressive and evangelistic. They are adept at tearing down traditional faith, even if it means permitting the occult to enter the classroom. They are skilled at pouring their anti-God dogmas into the void." In the video Books Under Fire, Gabler said: In the United States, the combination of No Child Left Behind, socially conservative politics, and censorship have had a devastating impact on the vital role of children's literature in elementary classrooms. High-stakes testing and phonics mandates have resulted in a restricted and homogenized curriculum in far too many schools. In the 1990s, using the Hatch Amendment, socially conservative groups like the Christian Coalition, Focus on the Family, and Concerned Women for America began a systematic attack on books, curricula, and teaching methods. Ultimately, they were quite successful in controlling and restricting curriculum (Simmons & Dresang, 2001). The Hatch Amendment, which was passed in 1979 and amended in 1994, provided parents with access to and approval over all instructional materials. Ultimately, Simmons and Dresang assert, that amendment became a lever for social conservatives to control classroom curriculum and pedagogy. I believe that one of the ultimate results of the No Child Left Behind Act is control of the literacy curriculum at a national level.