More than a quarter of U.S. schools did not make adequate yearly progress ... It is absolutely unconscionable for the president to demand that states pay for federally required programs without properly funding them. Since NCLB passed, we have been hearing horror stories from states desperately looking for money to meet requirements.
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The goals of NCLB are good, but realistically it's not going to happen,
If you peel back the layers of anti-reform rhetoric coming from some in the education establishment, it is clear that Americans continue to support the key principles of NCLB, and rightly so,
While the ideals espoused in No Child Left Behind (NCLB) are admirable, the realities of the Bush plan are not, ... NCLB imposes rigid and expensive mandates on public schools. It judges adequate yearly progress using a one-size-fits-all formula, a measure that gives schools an incentive to lower testing standards in order to meet federal requirements and, sadly, to push out students that may bring down a school's average score.
The overall funding is still less than half of what is needed to comply with (NCLB), leaving the burden on states and local taxpayers.
NCLB is a federal law. Vermont complies with the law. Beyond that, I have no desire, nor will I allow it to drive the education vision of this state.
Everything we've done has been to defer to the states and monitor them, like we do for Title I compliance. The state has a huge responsibility in all aspects of NCLB, and this is one of them. But we're partners with them in that we expect them to do the right things for their students.