Educator's Guide to Acronyms (EGA)
or
Navigating the Slippery Slope of NCLB (NSSN)

A special thanks to Dr. Sigrid Trombley for creating and sharing the following list of acronyms which she posted to the listserv and generously granted permission for sharing with the SchoolGrants community!

We hope you enjoy the following tongue-in-cheek (or is it foot-in-mouth?) list as much as Bacon subscribers did. If you'd like to add some of your own creations to the following list, please send them to me!

SINI - School in Need of Improvement (is the "sin" in SINI intentional?)
SRAP - School Requiring Academic Progress (sometimes mistaken for the name of a rap group)
IFFF - Insufficient Funding From the Feds
SBWC - Schools Being Watched Constantly
SATC - Schools About to Close
SINH - Schools in Need of Help
SINB - Schools in Need of a Break
SUCS - Schools Under Continuous Surveillance
NCLB - No Child Left Behind
TTWP - This Too Will Pass
MELB - Most Educators Left Behind
TUTP - This Unlikely to Pass
SIDD - Schools in Deep Do-do
SRAP - Schools Requesting a Pardon (not to be confused with earlier SRAP)
SLMAS - Schools Looking to Move to Another State
SMGP - Schools Making Great Progress
SUEP - Schools Under Enormous Pressure
EGLC - Educators Given too Little Credit
AVLD - All Vying for Limited Dollars
SIFI - Schools Identified for Improvement
SILB - Schools Improving by Leaps & Bounds
SHWD - Schools Headed in the Wrong Direction
PDAM - Progress Defined as Minimal
SLAF - Schools Labeled as Failing
SOSL - Schools on the S_ _ T List
WOSL - Why Our School Lord? (applicable only in faith-based settings)
EETR - Educators Eager to Retire
WWBMP - Whew, We Barely Made Progress
SARD - Schools at Risk of Disappearing
NSLU - No Stone Left Unturned (in hunting for those to blame)
SHFF - Schools Hiding From the Feds
CRAP - Needs no explanation
ESNC - Educators Searching for New Careers
EINR - Educators in Need of a Rest
GWWL - Grant Writers Without a Life

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