Wednesday, August 24, 2005

State of CT Challenges No Child Left Behind

Connecticut became the 1st state to challenge the No Child Left Behind law in crt, arguing that Bush's education law amounts to an unfunded mandate from the fed'l govt. The lawsuit argues that NCLB is illegal because it requires expensive standardized tests and other school programs that the govt doesn't pay for. It asks a fed'l judge to declare that state and local money cannot be used to meet the law's goals. " Our message today is give up the unfunded mandates, or give us the money," said CT Attorney Gen Richard Blumenthal. I am so hoping that this lawsuit will get other states off their asses and challenge this piss poor law and begin an avalanche of dissent. For the sake of our public schools, we must ditch this law that merely makes states pay thru the nose to find out what all of us already know: minorities and poor kids do worst than their wealthy, white peers on standardized tests.
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