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Republicans Jumping Bush's NCLB Ship

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The Washington Post reports on growing opposition among former White House aides to the current reauthorization of No Child Left Behind Act. And these are guys who once staunchly fought it. "Wild Gene" Hickok, one of the original architects of the act and political strongarm used to beat people up for talking bad about NCLB. Now he's leading a charge against far-reaching federal intrusion into state and local affairs. Read Full Story

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Teaching Our Kids to be Idiots

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The Secretary of Education, Margaret Spellings, is taking her traveling snake-oil show on the road to sell the American public on “No Child Left Behind” if Congress doesn’t act soon to reauthorize this abysmal failure. While the whole idea behind NCLB is laudable – holding failing schools accountable for short-changing our children – the actual result of the policy has made education, if anything, worse. One of the problems behind NCLB is that states set their own criteria for success... Read Full Story

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Welcome to our wikizine called "No Child Left Behind NCLB"

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Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "No Child Left Behind NCLB". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add your own... Read Full Story

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Dollars and Sense

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Statistics present a clear picture of the difference in lifestyles of those who graduate from college as compared to those who do not. In all areas of living, life is affected by one’s educational level. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, over the course of a lifetime the college graduate will earn an average of 2.5 million dollars more than someone who has dropped out of high school. CollegeBoard (the company that administers the SAT) states that those with professional degrees will, on... Read Full Story

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Life: It’s Not Just About Math and Science

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I have no doubt that a number of my friends have thought it odd that I would write even one blog about a television show, much less a number of blogs, and on top of it, spend time working to keep the television show on the air. No two ways around it, I do think Jericho is one of the best programs on TV in a long time. But, it’s more than that. While working as an Executive Director of a nonprofit organization in 2001, I was asked by a prospective major donor to put together a proposal as to... Read Full Story

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High schools struggle under NCLB

Some local high schools fell short of the benchmarks under the state's interpretation of the No Child Left Behind federal law, and many of those that did make the grade did so barely.

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Spellings announces NCLB changes

Posted: 8:46 PM- Utah and all other states will soon have to calculate high school graduation rates the same way, U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings announced Tuesday, along with a number of other changes to No Child Left Behind (NCLB).

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