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Saturday, June 20, 2009

Bush Was Right (continued) No Child Left Behind

Another story you won't be reading in the New York Times. The teachers unions have predicted all sorts of bad outcomes from Bush's education reform -- No Child Left Behind. Well, it turns out that Bush was right and they were wrong. A recent study, reported in Education Week, found that test scores rose at all levels since NCLB was passed into law. What is more, predictions that advanced and low-achieving students would be short-changed have turned out to be wrong.

Read about it here.