[Amelia]

As soon as that approach becomes no longer workable, you will see increasing middle-class support for radical change

I seriously see NCLB as an attempt to begin that change. I've been really surprised at the number of FReepers who reject attempts to bring accountability to public education.

[SauronOfMordor]

I seriously see NCLB as an attempt to begin that change. I've been really surprised at the number of FReepers who reject attempts to bring accountability to public education.

It brings some accountability, at the cost of a radical shift in resource allocation. It's the latter that bothers a lot of parents, with the stress on bringing up the bottom 10%, at the cost of the education of the other 90%