Duncan to End NCLB by Executive Decree (Not)
Education Secretary Arne Duncan has pissed off Republicans by saying that he would relax NCLB requirements by executive order. Republicans are not concerned that NCLB will be going away (because it won’t). Rather, they simply don’t like Democrats or anything they do, even when they do the exact same things Republicans do. In this case, it’s a great opportunity to make the Obama Administration look soft on education.
In reality, Duncan is simply acknowledging the obvious: that contrary to its stated goals, NCLB actually increases failure and he is offering “relief” by telling states they no longer have to have 100% of their students proficient by 2015. However, everything else about the law is perfectly fine with Duncan, the Democrats
