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Jewish World Review Sept. 26, 2011 / 27 Elul, 5771 Another try at leaving no child behind By Dale McFeatters http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | For a small-government conservative, President George W. Bush inexorably left behind more and bigger government. Now President Barack Obama is subtly expanding the reach of the federal government in one of Bush's signature initiatives, the 2002 No Child Left Behind Act. Although public education is traditionally a local and state responsibility, NCLB put the federal government, agree with the policy or not, squarely athwart local education. Schools faced a variety of penalties, including closure, if their students failed to meet certain standards in English and math based on standardized tests devised by the states. NCLB made little allowance for schools that drew enrollments from low-income areas with high percentages of dysfunctional families. As with the Garrison Keillor's fabled Lake Wobegon, the goal was to have every student be above average, and, in what would seem an overly ambitious goal, require every student to be proficient in reading and math by 2014. The law was initially popular for introducing local accountability into the equation, but some educators became disillusioned by the rigidity of the requirements, the severity of the punitive measures for falling short and what they saw as an unwritten mandate to "teach to the test," favoring intense instruction in math and reading to the exclusion of subjects like science, history and geography, not to mention art and music. There were stories of schools gaming the requirements by the use of dumbed-down tests, making sure poor performers were absent on test day and refusing to accept transfers from failing schools. NCLB was supposed to have been reauthorized four years ago, but Congress couldn't agree on the necessary reforms and the law has operated on a series of year-by-year extensions since. Obama this past week proposed a series of changes that he will impose by executive order, saying in his newly combative mode, "Congress has been unable to do it. So I will," adding the sanctimonious half-truism, "Our kids only get one shot at a decent education." Obama would allow the states to apply for exemptions from the law, if they meet certain requirements, such as linking teacher and principal evaluations to the test results and setting standards that will lead students to college and careers. The final arbiter of these waivers -- the U.S. Department of Education, i.e., the federal government. You may argue whether uniform national standards, as they have in Western Europe, China and Japan, are good or bad policy, but when a president can order national changes by executive fiat, we are fast reaching the point of no return. Every weekday JewishWorldReview.com publishes what many in in the media and Washington consider "must-reading". Sign up for the daily JWR update. It's free. Just click here. Comment by clicking here. Previously: • 09/23/11 This generation needs a job more than a name • 09/22/11 In the lane next to you: A driverless car • 09/20/11 Cloudy, cool, chance of falling satellite • 09/14/11 Humanitarian extortion • 09/13/11 Paging Dr. Watson; he's there in 3 seconds • 09/09/11 Forecasting 100 percent chance of heavy metal • 09/08/11 A jobs program at Obama's doorstep • 09/07/11 Iran's government afraid of the water • 09/06/11 Congress returns, tanned, rested and testy • 09/05/11 Space nations must clean up after themselves • 09/02/11 Osama bin Laden died a failure and he knew it • 09/01/11 Time to retire political pie in the face • 08/31/11 Labor Day celebrates what, exactly? • 08/30/11 These arrestees really are framed • 08/25/11 When in an earthquake, block traffic • 08/23/11 A case for discretion in deportation arrests • 08/22/11 Tough times or not, parents shell out for school • 08/18/11 Being unpleasant for fun, profit, promotion • 08/17/11 Time to prepare for the end game in Libya • 08/16/11: ‘Super Committee’ starts facing reality • 08/15/11: World's fastest plane disappears even faster • 08/12/11: British cops track rioters through security cameras • 08/11/11: Relax. There is no Death Star • 08/10/11: House pages run final errands • 08/09/11: U.S. treading water on job creation • 08/08/11: Uncle Sam, the world's permanent guest • 08/05/11: Most 9/11 victims not on federal death records • 08/04/11: Russian PM calls U.S. a ‘parasite.’ He should be so lucky • 08/03/11: Congress goes from one bind to another • 08/02/11: D.B. Cooper may no longer be a mystery • 08/01/11: Libya's latest weapon against NATO --- lawsuits • 07/29/11: He'll always be known as Hot Wheels Handler • 07/25/11: Recruiting children to save a dying town • 07/22/11: Bachmann's admirable medical candor • 07/12/11: Social Security's grave mistakes • 07/08/11: Debt crisis need not be constitutional crisis • 07/07/11: Startups entice new talent with kickball, treehouses • 07/05/11: Stranded tourists get rare treat • 06/30/11: The dollar Americans refuse to spend • 06/27/11: The hangman doesn't cometh © 2011, SCRIPPS HOWARD NEWS SERVICE

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