NCLB and Cheating? The Media Gets it Oh So Wrong--AGAIN!

Recently Department of Education Secretary Margaret Spellings bemoaned the fact that states "cheated" by not reporting all scores under the requirements of NCLB. She got it wrong and the media blindly followed. According to Debra Craig states were only following the law explicitly.

"News organizations around the nation condemned these states for "cheating" or "taking advantage of loop holes" when all they were doing is following the letter of the law that No Child Left Behind established!" says Debra Craig, an anti-NCLB crusader. "However this story is a perfect example showing not only the absurdity of NCLB, but the poor thinking and logic that went into creating this powerful legislation."

The fact is that NCLB is bad legislation on many counts not the least of which is that subsuming local responsibility for education under the umbrella of a national requirement undermines notions of diversity in the United States. One size never fits all; in fact, one size only fits an elite few.

To read more about what Debra Craig has to say go here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006510/4/prweb376231.htm:

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