LAT: No Child Left Behind Program Is Modified

[DeepModem Mom]

No Child Left Behind Program Is Modified

By Elizabeth Shogren, Times Staff Writer


WASHINGTON -- Announcing the latest in a string of revisions to President Bush's signature education reform program, Education Secretary Rod Paige on Monday gave public schools some flexibility in meeting a requirement that 95 percent of their students must take math and English achievement tests for a school to be considered "successful."

But this change and other minor tweaks Paige has made to the law over the last few months are not addressing the broad objections to the "No Child Left Behind" Act that threaten to turn it into a political liability for the president, critics say....

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State legislatures across the United States are considering measures to opt out of the program, which they say is underfunded by Washington. Conservatives assail the program as inappropriate federal meddling in local affairs....

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Although urban districts were twice as likely to be identified as "in need of improvement," complaints about the law have been loudest from rural and suburban areas, where Bush gets much of his political support....


http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-nochild30mar30,1,6398681.story?coll=la-home-nation

[Eye and Monkey]

1. Perhaps it's been modified to be "Po' Child Left Behind".

No, it already was that. Maybe it's now:

* "Doh! Child Left Behind"
* "Mo' Child Left Behind"
* "Yo' Child Left Behind"

[DeepModem Mom]

2. Good ones, EandM!