Could No Child Left Behind be history?

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http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/22/could-no-child-left-behind-be-history/?hpt=po_bn2

Ten years after the Bush administration’s landmark attempt to revamp the nation's education system with the No Child Left Behind law, President Obama is poised to allow states to opt out of the heavily criticized guidelines.

Friday, President Obama will announce that his administration will begin reviewing state's applications to waive the No Child Left Behind requirements in return for tangible commitments to close achievement gaps.

The law, which passed with broad bipartisan support in 2001, required public schools to meet targets aimed at making all students proficient in reading and math by 2014 or face stiff penalties. As that deadline looms, the Department of Education has predicted up to 82% of the nation's schools could miss the target and face those penalties including the possibility of losing federal education dollars.

"Today the law is hurting children by denying the children most at risk the resources they really need," a senior administration official told reporters on a conference call Thursday.

[trotsky]

1. Argh.

"Today the law is hurting children by denying the children most at risk the resources they really need"

Umm, a lot of us said it would do this BACK WHEN THEY PASSED THE DAMN THING. Unbelievable that we had to ruin the educational experience for so many children with this Republican experiment that was designed to sabotage public schools from the get-go.

On edit: and to make matters worse, I tapped on unrec when I meant to rec!

[FiveGoodMen]

2. God, let's hope so!