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Monday, January 05, 2015

The plot to overhaul No Child Left Behind

 
Republicans are hatching an ambitious plan to rewrite No Child Left Behind this year — one that could end up dramatically rolling back the federal role in education and trigger national blowouts over standardized tests and teacher training.

NCLB cleared Congress in 2002 with massive bipartisan support but has since become a political catastrophe: The law’s strategy for prodding and shaming schools into improvement proved deeply flawed over time, and its unintended failures have eclipsed its bright spots. Today, NCLB is despised by some parents who blame it for schools “teaching to the test,” protested by some on the left for promoting education reform and reviled by Republicans in Congress who say the law represents aggressive federal overreach.

Now Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee and Rep. John Kline of Minnesota, who will lead the Senate and House education committees, are planning to push an overhaul of NCLB at a moment when backlash in the states has reached an all-time high, opening up new political windows to strip the federal role out of education.

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7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Now that we've left half a generation of kids behind, we're coming up with something else?
Teach to the capacity of each student, not to all at the capacity of the least of students.

Anonymous said...

Hey Butt Heads...We put Yawl in DC to get rid of Obama-Care

Anonymous said...

If you think NCLB messed things up, wait until you see common core and the PARCC assessments.

Anonymous said...

Are we noticing which groups of students didn't learn before NCLB and during NCLB?

Anonymous said...

Thanks Laura.

Anonymous said...

6:36
Try doing a little research before you make yourself look dumb.

Anonymous said...

Chuck Cook said...

Thanks Laura.

January 5, 2015 at 6:36 PM

Chuck that wasn't Laura Bush's plan and you know it. It was started way before that administration. The Bush's intent was good because they truly care about the children, unlike you Obama lovers who want to force everyone into slavery based on entitlement votes. Democrats have planned this for many years.