NCLB 2.0 and the New Feuderalism
Everybody connected to Washington's corporate legislative process badly needs some good PR. With approval numbers for Congress in or near single digits, and with both high-rolling presidents of the "teachers' unions" implicated in the destruction of public schools and the teaching profession, and with both legislative bodies suddenly nervous about being ignored by a White House that has calmly showed that it assassinates its enemies if need be, the stars could be coming into alignment for a reauthorization of ESEA, which has been delayed until NCLB's AYP requirements could blow up urban education in America.
Whether or not any bill gets past the Tea Party pledge to block anything that could be construed, even vaguely, as a victory for this Administration, the best Senators that money could buy have been parading around the Senate Building this past week with whatever amendments the highest bidders were able to purchase.
Whether or not any bill gets past the Tea Party pledge to block anything that could be construed, even vaguely, as a victory for this Administration, the best Senators that money could buy have been parading around the Senate Building this past week with whatever amendments the highest bidders were able to purchase.
