So this is how liberty dies.... to thunderous applause.
Posted on 08/08/2011 9:09:45 AM PDT by maggief
The Obama administration will change aspects of the “No Child Left Behind” education law by executive action rather than wait for a congressional overhaul, officials announced Monday.
The Department of Education will issue waivers to states granting them relief from penalties under the 2002 law that could take effect next year. The announcement by the White House and education secretary Arne Duncan is a slap at the Republican-led House, where efforts at a bipartisan overhaul of the George W. Bush-era law have progressed slowly. President Obama had called on Congress to revise and reauthorize the law before leaving for its August recess, but neither the House nor the Senate acted.
“With no clear path to a bipartisan bill in Congress, the president has directed us to move forward with an administrative process to provide flexibility within the law for states and districts that are willing to embrace reform," the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, Melody Barnes, said in a statement.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
The Obama tyranny rolls on.
Obama bowing to his teacher’s union masters.
“Teachers must not be held accountable Obama!”
Yes master, yessss master.
The dictatorship grows...
Educators and the left in general tend to forget: NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office.[3] The bill, shepherded through the Senate by co-author Senator Ted Kennedy, received overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress.
As always, if their is a failure, blame the Rs.
This executive order effectively traps poor children in chronically poorly performing schools
No more parental choice to move them to a better performing public school
Stroke of the pen, law of the land
Kinda cool...
So this is how liberty dies.... to thunderous applause.
Have they sold the contents of the Whitehouse yet?
so, if a school gets a waiver, does it also lose any funds related to NCLB ?
Hold teachers accountable, or get rid of NCLB? Yes, that’s a tough call for the Democrats. “Stupid people unite and vote Democrat!”
Dictator.
Nice to see the the King take his cues from that brilliant educational guru, Matt Damon.
The truth is SOME kids need to be left behind....in a welding class or plumbing class or engine rebuilding class....
Even when a bi-opartisan agreement to set limits on something is passed (This was a Kennedy-Bush law), when it appears that the line in the sand is about to be reached, the government shies away from any pain it might cause.
That’s why spending is out of control and we can’t get Congress to adhere to any limits they set on themselves by law.
And they will probably end up doing better financially than a lot of college graduates.
“The idea of doing things on my own is very tempting, I promise you, not just on immigration reform.”
Barack Obama – Speech to LaRaza July 25, 2011
Several times. Delivery to be taken in 2017.
Joe Biden bought the contents twice. Man, is he dumb!
Those are not left behind classes these days. You are aware that most of those type of classes require one to be able to read blueprints, run computers, or be able to read many types of meters etc, right? Not to mention most of those professions make more money than those with a 4 year college degree.
The New Program Will Be Called, “YOUR CHILD LEFT BEHIND!”
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