Barry the Educator
President Obama’s agenda is nothing if not ambitious. After all, taking over everything is no small task. Review any tyrannical leader’s attempts throughout history and that fact will become clear.
If he really wants to decentralize education in the US he should eliminate the Department of Education. And if major opposition to No Child Left Behind (besides funding issues) was the reluctance to have performance measured to standards, how would Barry from DC ‘ensure all students graduate high school ready for college and a career’? Exactly!
Stanford Matthews
MoreWhat.com
from VOA News….
U.S. President Barack Obama says he is bringing Congress an ambitious overhaul of the country’s education system.
In his weekly internet and radio address Saturday, Mr. Obama says his plan will help ensure all students graduate high school ready for “college and a career.”
The plan will be a major overhaul to the education plan of his predecessor, George W. Bush. Mr. Bush’s program, called No Child Left Behind, has been controversial because it relies heavily on standardized testing and penalizes schools that do not meet national standards.
Mr. Obama says his plan will decentralize education reform. He said the federal government will set a “high bar,” but that local schools and districts will have “flexibility” in how they reach it.