Kennedy on NCLB

[The Straight Story]

KENNEDY ON NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND
October 9, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to remarks made by President Bush on reauthorizing No Child Left Behind. President Bush met with Civil Rights leaders today to talk about the bill’s reauthorization.

Chairman Kennedy plans to introduce reauthorization language by the end of the month.

“It’s regrettable that the Bush Administration has made the renewal of the No Child Left Behind school reform law far more difficult by its failure to fully fund and implement it. The President is right that we must continue to hold schools accountable for results. But over the past five years of working with this law, we have learned more about what works and what does not work and we should take those lessons into account. While we press forward with school reform, practical changes to the law are needed to ensure that we do not lag in our commitment to helping every parent, teacher and child succeed.”

http://kennedy.senate.gov/newsroom/press_release.cfm?id=dc6a1ca0-10e1-460b-b87f-c3e4ce8ed296

[MadHound]

1. Neither Kennedy, nor the other Democrats, should be talking about reauthorization.

What they should be doing is working to repeal this piece of shit law. It hasn't worked, it won't work, and is, in fact, making our schools worse.

Get rid of the damn thing before it drives public education right into the ground.

[Devlzown]

3. I wholeheartedly agree.

Ted Kennedy, of all people, should know this.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Ted, throw the damn law out

and apologize to the children of America.

[AX10]

4. Well, it looks like Teddy K has screwed this one up quite badly.

NCLB is a disaster. Our education system was better in the 1990's and before.
Just as with the tax code, revert the education laws back to the Clinton era.