NO CHILD HELPED ALONG — by Steve Nadis
Sorry to hit a guy while he’s down but right now George Bush makes quite a tempting target. And, frankly, I’m not strong enough to resist. The other day, I heard a story on NPR about “No Child Left Behind,” the brilliant program introduced by the Bush Administration. The reporter interviewed a principal from a beleaguered Baltimore school, asking her how “No Child Left Behind” had helped. She talked about all the ambitious goals that had been set for the school–all the targets and all the tests–and how poorly the school had fared. Because the program does not offer one iota of assistance. It just sets goals that are unrealistic for struggling urban schools who are then left to fend for themselves. And that, in a nutshell, is the legacy of the self-professed “education president.” So I’ve got a proposal: How about a more accurate name for the program, something alone the lines of “No Child Left Untested”? That would be less hypocritical and show the program for what it is: no help for the needy.
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Check out what Maine did under the Clinto administration with the technological advances in the classroom under the Clinton Admin as well as Gov. King (I, ME). Its gone to Hell, thanks to no child left behind, but Cincinnati inner city schools are thriving regardless on a similar program… but they got corporate funding. Maybe from the tax breaks, but I’m not that much of an optomist.
Another great hoax has been perpretrated on the American people, though not as many people realize it as should.