Bartenders Push Tougher NCLB
FAKE EDUCATION NEWS
–Atlanta, GA
In a rare foray into education policy advocacy, the National Bartenders Association (NBA) will begin lobbying members of Congress next week for a tougher rewrite of the Bush-era national education law, No Child Left Behind. As originally written and passed in 2001, NCLB mandated that 100 percent of children be proficient in reading and math by 2013.
Speaking from the group’s headquarters in Atlanta, David Craver, president of the NBA, told Teachbad Education News(TEN) that the original goal of 100 percent proficiency was “pretty good” but that his organization is dismayed by the Obama Administration’s “dialing back” many of the law’s requirements.
Says Craver, “Frankly, and with all due respect, we believe [Education Secretary] Arne Duncan is being a bit of a pussy on this. He’s handing out money and waivers to states left and right who have simply not performed under the law. We think this is the wrong way to go. Rather than back down from a challenge, we will push for upping the anti. We want a