The wrong remedies
This past week No Child Left Behind turned 11 years old and Michelle Rhee made big news with a “report card” that judged states on how well they implemented policy of which she approves. Here is a look at what connects them, by Jeff Bryant, a marketing and communications consultant for nonprofits. He is a marketing and creative strategist with nearly 30 years of experience – the past 20 on his own – as a freelance writer, consultant, and search engine marketing provider. He’s written extensively about public education policy. This appeared on the Campaign for America’s Future website.
By Jeff Bryant
It’s altogether fitting that this week’s marking of the 11th anniversary of the No Child Left Behind legislation coincided with yet another groundbreaking, revolutionary, radical advocacy piece for “fixing” America’s “broken” public school system.
NCLB is now a policy held in such contempt by state governments that the vast majority of them have asked for a dodge, and the Obama administration has been much obliged to