Re: Dubya leans Liberal When...
NCLB is one of the bigges jokes ever (or best con jobs)- I haven't read much about it lately, but my undrestanding of the bill when it was passed was that there is no way that any school could pass mustard in ten years. The bill is attempting to have 100% pass rates in proficiency tests, which is goddamn unlikely as it is- but it also counts disabled children (the mentally retarded included) based upon thier age. what do you think the chances of passing high school proficiency test for a kid with an IQ of 45 are? probably pretty low.
As far as i can tell the program - even when funded - was disigned to privatises the Education system in the states in a backhanded manner.
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