The whole No Child Left Behind thing has always made me just a little crazy. I am fortunate enough to not have a kid in public school now, and I'm grateful for small favors, believe me...when the guppy was in public school, her days were consumed with rote memorization of materials for the Virginia "achievment" tests. What a sick joke that system has become. Now the 1600 Crew wants to change the deal again...danger Will Robinson...and I see no mention of funding these changes...
Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plans to fundamentally change enforcement of the No Child Left Behind law, giving preferential treatment to states that prove they're serious about raising achievement, Bush administration officials say.
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"Who is going to decide whether you have a different level of commitment than another state?" Sullivan said. "Will it matter whether you're a red or blue state? Will it matter whether you have something pending in your state legislature to send the federal money back?"
Ahhh, the forbidden question: Red State or Blue State are you? Consistent with the vote you must be, or the force will not be with you, young tax-getter. (apologies to Yoda)
posted by Jo Fish on 04.06.05 at 01:30 AM
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Equal proetection clasue time. Lawsuits are about to lock up the DoJ and Dept of Ed.
The kickbacks to testing companies are ridiculous as well. I know teachers who left the job over the extra paperwork bullshit. Said their time to teach was being compromised by this.
posted by: Mr. Murder on 04.08.05 at 05:20 PM [permalink]
