NYT: Dept. of Defense Less Strict than Dept. of Education
Education, MediaDec 11, 2011“Military Children Stay One Step Ahead of Public School Students,” according to a recent report in the New York Times, based on a 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progressstudy, which found that students growing up on military bases outperformed their civilian counterparts in fourth through eight grades. And no, it’s not because children on military bases are more disciplined, because they have to polish their shoes each morning, or because they do fifty one-handed push ups for coming late to class.
No, it’s because the Dept. of Defense is less strict than the Dept. of Education.[1]
And no, this is not a joke.
The DoD didn’t follow No Child Left Behind, nor does it follow Race to the