Our nation’s public education system is getting the Million-dollar Man treatment with the Senate’s approval of “The No Child Left Behind Act“. The bill, which passed 87-10, provides greater spending flexibility for school districts and creates new accountability measures for schools not getting the job done.
According to CNN, the law intends to help close a performance gap that has long existed between rich and poor students, as well as between white and minority students. Supporters of the bill said it will even the playing field between those who get adequate education and others without that guarantee.
Is the bill perfect? Of course not. They never are. But I’m with Sen. Barbara Mikulski on this one.
“Does the legislation do everything I want in education to be done? No. Does it do everything the way I want it to be done? No,” she said. “But you know what? There is a crying need in our public schools to pass this modernization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.”