W Post:Nation’s largest teachers union launches ad campaign as Congress debates No Child Left Behind

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2015/04/06/nations-largest-teachers-union-launches-ad-campaign-as-congress-debates-no-child-left-behind/

By Emma Brown April 6 at 11:44 AM
As Congress debates how to rewrite No Child Left Behind, the nation’s largest teachers union is launching a $500,000 ad campaign urging lawmakers to reach a deal that reduces the focus on standardized testing.

The National Education Association says its 3 million members instead want to see lawmakers find ways to highlight and address disparities in resources among schools.

“Testing cannot close the gap between wealthy schools and poor schools,” a teacher’s aide says in the ad.

“We need to lower the class sizes so that each student can get that one-on-one attention that they need,” says a second-grade teacher.

FULL story at link.

Published on Apr 5, 2015
On April 11, 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) was signed into law as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s “War on Poverty.”

Enacted at the height of the civil rights movement in America, this landmark legislation was designed to mitigate educational inequality in America and aimed to close achievement gaps between students by providing every child with fair and equal opportunities to achieve an excellent education.

In January 2002, the sixth reauthorization of ESEA, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) was enacted.

Under NCLB, the focus shifted away from student learning and ensuring opportunity. Instead, NCLB codified a system of testing, labeling, and punishing schools.

As ESEA turns 50, Congress is now deciding what a new national education law should look like.

Will Congress double-down on the failed policies of NCLB?

Or will it embrace the law’s original vision and promise: a public education system that promotes opportunity and excellence for all students regardless of their zip code.

Take action at: www.getesearight.com

[misterhighwasted]

1. who profits from the NCLB testing? Who writes, prints, scores

..the standardized tests. Who profits either through its creation or investments in the test company (s)?

Just curious to follow the money since I believe it was implemented under GW Bush.
That it became law, to test frequently, tells me it was set up for a return on an investment.
And the fact that the Bush Crime Family doesn't hesitate to create laws for which they profit.

Anyone have some info as to who profits because someone surely is.
Another Bush Family, Profit Over People eff up.

Thanks