Isnít No Child Left Behind just a backdoor way to propose vouchers?
No Child Left Behind is about improving our public schools. Under NCLB, states are given the ability to design an accountability system for its schools that takes into account each stateís unique circumstances. In order for a school to be designated as in need of improvement, a school must fail to make adequate yearly progress for two consecutive years before it must offer public school choice to parents. When schools are identified as in need of improvement, states have additional funding and technical assistance to offer to these schools. President Bush wants to see every public school in America succeed, and has provided unprecedented funding for public elementary and secondary schools since coming into office.
