There is almost nothing good to say about the Obama administration’s decision to allow 10 of 11 states to evade the accountability provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act. It’s just that simple. It is as if President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of

In this Jan. 8, 2002, file photo President George W. Bush, seated, signs into law a sweeping federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. Cast as a symbol of possibility, the law offered the promise of improved

Grand Old Partisan salutes Rod Paige, who served as Secretary of Education in President George W. Bush's first term. The U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination on this day in 2001. Secretary Paige promoted school choice, so that poor and minority children

The No Child Left Behind Act is a trap. It is the grand scheme of the school privatizers. No Child Left Behind (NCLB) sets up public schools for the final knock down. Paranoia? Hardly. Consider that the Bush administration is de-regulating

WASHINGTON (AP) – The No Child Left Behind education law was cast as a symbol of possibility, offering the promise of improved schools for the nation's poor and minority children and better prepared students in a competitive world. In this Jan. 8, 2002,

View full sizeThe Associated PressIn this Jan. 8, 2002, photo, President George W. Bush, seated, signs the No Child Left Behind law at Hamilton High School in Hamilton, Ohio. From left are Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. ; Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass. ; Educa