http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/01/13/bush_seeks_to_expand_education_act/ Bush seeks to expand education act
By Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | January 13, 2005
WASHINGTON -- President Bush yesterday proposed spending $1.5 billion to expand his controversial ''No Child Left Behind" education reforms to high schools and requiring public schools to test secondary school students yearly in reading and mathematics.
''If you believe every child in America can learn, then it makes sense to raise the bar," Bush said at an appearance at a suburban Washington high school. ''That's called accountability for results," he said.
The announcement, part of the White House's plan to lay out Bush's domestic agenda in advance of his second inauguration next week, made official the president's campaign pledge to broaden No Child Left Behind, which the Department of Education credits with improving reading and math test scores......
......But Rebarber also said that the plan to expand the law to high schools will be more of a challenge because in high school there is a greater tradition of putting students on different academic tracks. Some districts might chafe at the idea of having a single standard for all students........
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