School Beat: Overhauling NCLB—Here’s HowMonty Neillbyline‚ Oct. 18‚ 2007Note: The following article is reprinted with permission from “The Pulse.” It's mid-October, and the long-delayed House and Senate education committee action on the mis-named "No Child Left Behind" may never come to pass this year. Or it may. In either event, pushing hard for major changes to the law is essential, either to win them in a new law now or to prepare the ground for a renewed battle in 2009. Now is a critical time for educators -- school board members, administrators, teachers and other staff -- parents and community members to contact their Congressional representatives and demand a thorough overhaul of the law. |