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A Response To Leonard Vender
www.countypressonline.com ^
| 4/15/03
| Eugene W. Hickok
Posted on 04/17/2003 7:33:10 AM PDT by Tribune7
As a former Secretary of Education in Pennsylvania who now has a leading role in helping states implement No Child Left Behind, I was dismayed to read in your paper that residents of Haverford are being told No Child Left Behind is "the most anti-public school legislation that's ever been passed."
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: education; haverford; nochildleftbehind; school; vender
Haverford is a school district in suburban Philadelphia. The superintendent complained about the No Child Left Behind act. He was concerned that standards would allow his district to be compared with others. It appears the feds have become aware of the matter.
I posted the article to which this is a response, two weeks ago.
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Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
ping
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To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Willie Green
ping especially for you baseballmom
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Thanks !!! Vender is retiring at the end of this school year.
I can't pull up the article - is the link OK?
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