CQ Politics Some Obama Promises Must Wait: "Revise ‘No Child Left Behind’
The 2002 education law (PL 107-110) was passed with bipartisan fanfare and promoted by former President George W. Bush as one of his most important domestic policy achievements. But its focus on standardized testing as the measure of achievement and the way it expanded the federal government’s role into what has been traditionally a local issue prompted heated calls for revision.
During his campaign, Obama said he would overhaul the law “so that we are supporting schools that need improvement, rather than punishing them” and pledged to find innovative ways to recruit and reward good teachers.
However, a planned reauthorization has been crowded out by other domestic priorities, particularly Obama’s push to retool the U.S. health care system, making it unlikely that a planned reauthorization will move quickly. Education Secretary Arne Duncan wants to complete a nationwide listening tour before submitting a proposal to Congress. His department is also overseeing the expenditure of about $100 billion in new funding."
Knoxville Local Hero, Alex Haley, Has His Pulitzer Winning Book Removed
from Knoxville School Libraries
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In 1984 I was a school librarian at West High School in Knoxville, TN.
Ronald Reagan was President, and the strong sulfurous smell of
Christofascism was ...
8 hours ago
