No Child Left Behind...$$$$???

[Annie]

Ok, but what about NCLB? As a supporter of Bush, how do I argue that it is a good program? Or does it suck so bad that it is a thorn in the president's agenda? (Along with amnesty for illegals, but that's a different post...)

I'll give you the scenario:
I was volunteering at the Republican tent at our county fair when several history and social studies teachers came in to collect material to give equal space to both candidates on their bulletin boards. And while some of them were Bush supporters, they all had plenty of negative things to say about NCLB.
What would you have said in support of it?
Do most Republicans buy into it? Or is it one of those sore issues we sweep under the carpet?[/quote]

They buy into it because their hidden agenda is to defund public education so they don't have to pay taxes.

I've thought and said NCLB was wrong from the get go. Standards are good, no argument there, what is seriously flawed are the measurements and the draconian nature of the punishments. Those last two issues are intertwined.

 

[editec]

Most states that I am aware of knew perfectly well which schools were failing.

NCLB is rather pointless as far as I can see.