FINALLY...
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Thursday will free 10 states, including Colorado, from the strict and sweeping requirements of the Bush administration's No Child Left Behind education law.
Finally. But how many promising kids have been ignored, as the teacher's have had to 'dumb down' the system, and teach to the bottom of the barrel, wasting precious weeks 'teaching to the test', then wasting more time on the tests themselves, while our competitors in the world market develop their 'best and brightest'. All so Bush could say, 'See, I sure fixed them schools.' As I've said, it's gonna take decades to undo the damage done by that clown, but at least this is a start.
Finally. But how many promising kids have been ignored, as the teacher's have had to 'dumb down' the system, and teach to the bottom of the barrel, wasting precious weeks 'teaching to the test', then wasting more time on the tests themselves, while our competitors in the world market develop their 'best and brightest'. All so Bush could say, 'See, I sure fixed them schools.' As I've said, it's gonna take decades to undo the damage done by that clown, but at least this is a start.
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