State education law misguided, but so are Obama requirements - Opinion Blog:
"The New York Legislature should repeal the legislation, or at least let it expire next year. But that decision should be a state one, not a federal one. Duncan's proposal to deny millions of dollars in potential grants to states that don't comply with his policy preferences is an example of the kind of federal overreach on education that many hoped had ended with the Bush administration. Bush's No Child Left Behind law -- a product of widespread bipartisan agreement -- greatly expanded the federal role in education, traditionally a state and local function. For the Obama administration to extend such intrusion by bullying states in areas like teacher evaluation and charter schools is both surprising and disappointing."
"The New York Legislature should repeal the legislation, or at least let it expire next year. But that decision should be a state one, not a federal one. Duncan's proposal to deny millions of dollars in potential grants to states that don't comply with his policy preferences is an example of the kind of federal overreach on education that many hoped had ended with the Bush administration. Bush's No Child Left Behind law -- a product of widespread bipartisan agreement -- greatly expanded the federal role in education, traditionally a state and local function. For the Obama administration to extend such intrusion by bullying states in areas like teacher evaluation and charter schools is both surprising and disappointing."