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From: "Bonnie Bracey" <BBracey@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 14:17:40 EDT
Subject: Bait and Switch on Public Education /Editorial New York Times....

Bait-and-Switch on Public Education
Published: October 21, 2003

Congressional Republicans are nervous about a G.O.P. poll that shows them
losing ground over education. But how could voters not be disappointed by the
Bush administration's mishandling of education policy generally, and especially
its decision to withhold more than $6 billion from the landmark No Child Left
Behind Act, the supposed centerpiece of the administration's domestic policy?

The new law is supposed to place a qualified teacher in every classroom and
wipe out the achievement gap between rich and poor children. Schools that fail
to make steady progress are labeled deficient and required to provide
students with costly tutoring and allow them to transfer to more successful
public schools in the same district.


In some districts, more than 40 percent of the schools are called "in need
of improvement." The lack of money from Congress has licensed a backlash by
states that never wanted to comply with the law anyway, especially the provision
that requires ending the achievement gap between rich and poor.
Right on cue, these states are pressing Congress to suspend the new
standards and accountability measures until full financing is made  available. 
A few
brave lawmakers, like the Democratic whip, Representative Steny Hoyer of=20
Maryland, have taken a strong stand against this. While criticizing the G.O.P. 
for
failing to fully finance the new law, Mr. Hoyer and others have urged the
states to stay the course and to discontinue the practice of educating affluent
children while letting the poor fall by the wayside.


The Bush administration wanted to trumpet No Child Left Behind, then fail to
pay for it =E2=80=94 without the voters taking notice. But Americans, who value
education, can tell a bait-and-switch when they see one. If this issue comes
back to bite the G.O.P. in the next election, the party will have only itself 
to blame.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/21/opinion/21TUE4.html

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