NCLB Update

Last night at the State of the Union Address, President Bush called for re-authorization of the No Child Left Behind Law. However given the previous draft of the bill and the fierce opposition that it engendered among various quarters of the education community, including teacher unions and parents, it looks like the bill is very unlikely to be passed this year. The Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) was battered along with other members of the committee, with complaints from teachers, parents and others who oppose the bill last year. At the same time the president gave them little support.Because of that Congressional Quarterly reports that...

"President Bush’s passionate call for reauthorization of his signature domestic policy achievement — the 2002 education overhaul known as No Child Left Behind — may ring hollow to lawmakers badly divided over how to proceed." CQ