Bush, lawmakers meet on education bill

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Bush, lawmakers meet on education bill

By NANCY ZUCKERBROD, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 16 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - President Bush pushed for renewal of the No Child Left Behind education law Monday in a meeting with congressional leaders but was noncommittal on their request for more money to help schools meet the law's requirements.


"In our discussions today, we've all agreed to work together to address some of the major concerns that some people have on this piece of legislation, without weakening the essence of the bill," Bush said following the White House meeting with Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

The law seeks to ensure all children can read and do math at grade level by 2014, which has placed many new demands on schools. They have had to step up testing, boost teacher quality and pay more attention to the achievements of minority children.

Schools that get federal aid but do not make enough progress must provide tutoring, offer public school choice to students or initiate other reforms such as overhauling their staffs.

First Lady Laura Bush, a former teacher and school librarian, and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings attended the meeting Monday, a day the Bush administration chose to mark the fifth anniversary of the law...................................

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[MichiganVote]

1. Its a piece of crap

[central scrutinizer]

2. why isn't Pickles called "former vehicular homicide defendant"?

[LeftishBrit]

3. Who invented all this rubbish?

It's remarkably similar to all the OFSTED/ testing/ targets/ league tables/ 'failing schools' crap which started in the UK under the last Tory government and continued under New Labour.

I've also heard of similar stuff in Australia.

Where, and how did it originate?

By the way, can Margaret Spellings spell 'potato'?