[sickoflibs]

RE :”Despite frequent complaints from Democrats about No Child Left Behind — namely that it imposes sanctions on schools that fall short of its standards without providing enough funding to help meet them — there are elements of the law that they actually like. One example is the Supplemental Education Services program: free, mandated tutoring services provided to students in low-performing schools. Under the law, students from low-income families are eligible to receive the out-of-school services. According to data from the Government Accountability Office, the vast majority of the 650,000 students currently in the program are children of color....However, in the Obama administration's efforts to retool No Child Left Behind, Education Secretary Arne Duncan has proposed letting states waive certain provisions of the law to make it more flexible. On the potential chopping block is this requirement to offer free tutoring. A coalition of 13 Democratic members of Congress, including Representatives William Lacy Clay (Mo.), Corrine Brown (Fla.), Luis Gutierrez (Ill.), Edolphus Towns (N.Y.) and Sheila Jackson-Lee (Texas), is pushing him to keep it mandatory”
Direct link : What Democrats Like About No Child Left Behind (July 8, 2011)

The irony here is that with Republicans out of the WH they dont feel a political need to pass a ‘historic bipartision reform’ like Bush did (looking to 2004 re-election) re-election, that is Obama’s mission now. So Republicans can hold out for a better deal, like private school vouchers that Bush gave up on.

Yes, I would like the Federal giovernment out of public schools altogether, no I dont see it happening.

[stephenjohnbanker]

” Yes, I would like the Federal giovernment out of public schools altogether, no I dont see it happening. “

I agree, and let me tell you this; the public schools have been “dumbing down” the kids for some 35 years. U.S. History is now an “elective”. If they aren’t stopped, they will eventually destroy our country all by themselves.

[Impy]

It’s funny how “men/woman/people/children of color” is favored term of liberals. A regular person would never describe himself in such a way.