A Contest! Name That Law!

[Are_grits_groceries]

United States Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has not surprisingly said that he’s open to renaming the “No Child Left Behind Act” something else. Before President Bush, for instance, the Clinton version of the law was called the “Improving America’s Schools Act.” The underlying law is the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, it’s not going anywhere but a new name is likely in the offing.

Howie Schaffer suggested that the time is now to start naming names. So let’s have a contest. The person who offers the best name, decided via a highly arbitrary process involving me and a few friends, wins a signed copy of this picture of DCPS official Justin Cohen in a really tacky frame. Runners-up get books.

Some entries:

Double Back Around To Pick Up The Children We Left Behind Act

Mental Asset Recovery Plan (MARP)

No Excuse Left Behind … because they’re always coming up with new ones.

Act to Help Children Read Gooder (and do other things gooder, too)

No Teacher Left Unjaded

No Butt Left Uncovered

No Child Left Untested

The Sarah Palin Slipped Through the Cracks Literacy Act

http://www.eduwonk.com/2009/02/a-contest-name-that-law.html

LOL! I'm sure DUers can outsnark these people.

[RandomThoughts]

1. how about we just cut to the chase and call it what it is.

Orwellian doublespeak.

If you claim that is not an actual Orwellian word, that will be a thought crime. Enforced to give you thought freedom through doublethink.

[jeff30997]

2. Name That Law ?

Err,uh,um Jude Law ?

Ok,ok...

The No Brainwashed By TV Clueless Kids Left Behind Act.:)

[ColbertWatcher]

3. The Arnie Duncan Voucher/Charter School Promotional Extravaganza! n/t

[ColbertWatcher]

4. The Arnie Duncan Chicago-Style Educational Kick-Back! n/t

[Smith_3]

5. "No cannonfodder left unrecruited." nt

[EFerrari]

6. No Bush Crony in Educational Publishing Left Unfunded. n/t