NEA: Harvard Civil Rights Project Report: The Unraveling of NCLB

"The 60-page report -- "The Unraveling of No Child Left Behind: How Negotiated Changes Transform the Law" -- also:

• Points out the clear winners and losers;
• Finds that the Bush Administration has not addressed the underlying flaws in the law; and
• Concludes that a major overhaul of NCLB will be necessary -- not just tinkering at the edges in response to political pressure."

My question is should anyone be surprised by these findings. This administration has taken a dogmatic and, by definition, uncompromising position on most every action it has undertaken. The neo-cons and the religious right that have the greatest influence on the actions of the administration have no interest in the potential unintended consequences that arise from their zeal to implement their programs on the American public. NCLB is merely one of a whole number of failed projects heralded by this administration. In the final analysis they have placed public education in jeopardy while satisfying their need for the implementation of unexamined dogmatic principles.

NEA: Harvard Civil Rights Project Report: The Unraveling of NCLB:

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