No one argues with the need to fix NCLB. But the bills that have passed both Houses, with a few important exceptions, really do nothing but go backward to policies of the 1980s. The sponsors fall over themselves to claim that under this legislation "every child will achieve." The truth: when these policies were last in effect, NAEP scores were much lower, dropout rates were much higher, and the achievement gap was much wider.
It's rather pathetic in our great nation that our leaders are 8 years late in re-authorizing our main education law and have now come up with something this lame and unambitious.
The Washington Post Editorial Board hits the nail on the head in exposing "the hollow core" of this effort.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hollow-core-at-the-center-of-the-main-education-laws-rewrite/2015/07/17/cb7e406e-2bf9-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html?postshare=7971437402534886
It's rather pathetic in our great nation that our leaders are 8 years late in re-authorizing our main education law and have now come up with something this lame and unambitious.
The Washington Post Editorial Board hits the nail on the head in exposing "the hollow core" of this effort.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hollow-core-at-the-center-of-the-main-education-laws-rewrite/2015/07/17/cb7e406e-2bf9-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html?postshare=7971437402534886