U.S. school law flawed-state school chiefs oppose 'No Child Left behind"

[papau]

Seems 171 Pennsylvania school superintendents in 19 Western Pennsylvania counties spoke out against the "critical flaws" in the No Child Left Behind Act, i.e. calls for new programs and employees, but without the funding

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04139/317929.stm

U.S. school law called flawed Most state school chiefs oppose 'No Child Left Behind'
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 By Jane Elizabeth, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette/Krista Schinagl, Post-Gazette

Dr. William Stavisky, superintendent of Greater Latrobe School District, and other superintendents in the region held a news conference at North Hills Junior High School yesterday to protest No Child Left Behind.

At a news conference at North Hills Junior High School, the school leaders signed a position paper that they say addresses "critical flaws" in the controversial federal education law, signed by President Bush in 2002.

To date, 336 school superintendents have signed the statement, according to Baldwin-Whitehall School Superintendent Charles Faust -- about two-thirds of the state's 501 school districts.

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1. Excellent article.

Clearly the "No Child" act is designed to make schools fail. This will further the private school-home school-voucher agenda. Even in Texas this plan is drawing fire from local districts..

[papau]

2. I thought also that it was excellent -indeed geting "education" into press

- in something other than Teachers unions ripping off your taxes - or Dems in bed with Teachers unions - is a major change in press coverage.

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