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No Child Left Behind Turns Five
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  President Bush's signature domestic achievement, The No Child Left Behind Act, turned five this year in January and is up for reauthorization in Congress. We'll look at what kind of response this major education reform effort has had over the years and where it stands now in terms of being reauthorized, including new legislation just introduced by more than 50 Republican members of the U.S. House and Senate that would allow states to opt out of the testing mandates and could have a major impact on the law. Laura's guests are Michael Sentance, Secretary's Regional Representative for Region I of the U.S. Department of Education, based out of Boston and Grace Nelson, Coordinator of Public Education and School Support for the National Education Association of New Hampshire. Web resources:
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Why are we treating out children like cattle? They cannot fit into a limited test score to demonstrate their educated ability. Not only does it forget our countries belief in diversity, but it also tells our society that unless you measure up to a specific "class" you'll be left behind. (as in funding cuts and both children and teachers feeling the failure that should be on the shoulders of the administration which forces such petty measuring systems on them in the first place) -EMEC (Marlboro VT)