VOA慢速英语听力 EDUCATION REPORT（WORD文本英汉互译）：0318A2.doc

1、标题：voa慢速英语:奥巴马教育改革蓝图送交国会对应音频：0318a2.mp3听力内容：Obamas Blueprint for Reform in Education Goes to CongressThis is the VOA Special English Education Report.President Obama sent Congress a proposal this week to rewrite the main federal education law. The current version of the law, signed by George W. Bush

2、 eight years ago, is known as the No Child Left Behind Act. That name would go away.The current policy calls for every student to be able to pass state tests in reading and math by two thousand fourteen. All schools must show yearly progress toward this goal. But states decide how much students need

3、 to know to show proficiency.President Obamas goal is that every student should graduate from high school - in his words - ready for college and a career. The target date for schools is twenty twenty. The president described the plan in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday.BARACK OBAMA:

4、 What this plan recognizes is that while the federal government can play a leading role in encouraging the reforms and high standards we need, the impetus for that change will come from states and from local schools and school districts.Under the new proposal, states and school systems would compete

5、 for federal grants. The idea is similar to the administrations four billion dollar Race to the Top competition to reform schools.Struggling schools could receive money for teacher improvement and for developing plans for success. The lowest performing schools would face changes such as replacing te

6、achers and the principal or being closed.The administration sent its general ideas to Congress in what it called A Blueprint for Reform to develop the next education law. Ann Bryant is executive director of the National School Boards Association. Her group worked with the Department of Education on

7、the plan. She says it is a good start but still needs work. For example:ANNE BRYANT: There is no research that says that if you fire the principal youre going to get better results. Theres no research that says if you fire half the faculty youre going to get good results. There is very little resear

8、ch that says that chartering or bringing in an outside management company may get you better results. And there is zero research that says closing the school necessarily helps those children.The plan would reward effective schools and teachers with money and other recognition. But leaders of the nat

9、ions largest teachers unions criticized the administrations blueprint.Dennis Van Roekel of the National Education Association said it still relies on standardized tests to identify winners and losers. He also expressed disappointment that states would have to compete for money.Randi Weingarten of th

10、e American Federation of Teachers said the plan appears to place all the responsibility on teachers, but gives them zero percent authority.这里是VOA特别英语教育报道。本周，奥巴马总统向国会送交了一份修改主要联邦教育法律的提案。目前的法律版本是八年前布什总统签署的不让一个儿童落后法案(No Child Left Behind Act，简称NCLB)。现在，这个名字将成为历史。现在的政策要求，截止到2014年之前，每一个学生必须在数学和阅读方面通过国家测试。

11、所有学校都必须为这一目标报告年度进展。但是由各州来决定有多少学生必须达到“精通”的水平。奥巴马总统的目标是，每一个学生从高中毕业时——用他的话说——“必须为大学和就业做好准备”。为学校设立的这一目标的时间是2020年。奥巴马总统在周六的每周电台和网络讲话中描述了这一计划。奥巴马：“该计划认识到，联邦政府可以在鼓励改革，设立我们所需的高标准方面发挥主导作用，而进行改革的动力则来自各州，来自当地学校和学区。”按照新的提案，各州和学校系统必须竞争来获得联邦拨款。该想法类似与政府对学校进行改革而设立的40亿美元的“冲顶赛跑”(Race to the To

12、p)项目。正在努力的学校可以收到拨款，对师资进行改善，发展可以获得成功的计划。表现最差的学校将面临教师或校长被替换，甚至学校被关闭等变革。在“教育改革蓝图”中，奥巴马政府向国会描述了其主要想法，用来制定下一部教育法案。Ann Bryant是全国学校董事会协会(National School Boards Association)执行主任。她领导的组织与教育部一起致力于该计划。她说，这是一个良好的开端，但是仍然需要许多工作。例如：ANNE BRYANT：“没有任何研究表明，如果你解雇校长，可以获得更好的结果。没有研究表明，如果解雇一半的教职工就可以获得良好的结果。没有研究表明，特许或引入外界的管理公司就可以获得更好的效果。也没有证据表明，关闭学校一定可以帮助孩子们。”该计划将对那些高效的学校和教师提供现金和其他方面的奖励。但是全国最大的教师工会的领袖们对政府的“蓝图”提出了批评。全国教育协会的Dennis Van Roekel表示，该计划仍然“依赖标准化的测试来鉴定胜利者和失败者”。他还对各州必须为这笔资金竞争表示失望。美国教师联盟的Randi Weingarten表示，该计划似乎将所有的责任推到教师身上，但是当局的责任却推的一干二净。