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Originally posted by Spanky
Education and education funding is a state issue.
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Wow. I call Bullshit bigtime here.
Section 2 of what was supposed to be Bush's big program as the Education President provided for $25 billion in funding last year for NCLB. Bush's proposed appropriation under the bill last year was $16 billion, and this is one of the reasons the Republicans have nothing (Nadda, Jack Shit, Zero) to run on that resonates with the American People. They can't raise education as an issue, because they came up with a program, got it passed, and then abandoned it.
And the whole point of NCLB and of your cherished tests was and is to federalize curriculum and education as an issue. It's the Rs who are making it thus - I'd love to see curriculum under LOCAL (not even state) control, but testing stands in the way.
