Obama Pushes for Change in "No Child Left Behind" Policies

The Obama administration will soon be sending congress an aggressive rewrite of "No Child Left Behind" legislation. The reason? The administration has argued that current legislation has urged schools to lower their standards to meet federal requirements.

"The new legislation will support the expansion of public charter schools and calls for giving states and school districts additional flexibility in how they spend federal dollars."

Of course, the real question is whether or not these changes, coupled with increased funding, will solve or even alleviate the greater problems that schools and classrooms are facing. It can be argued that simply throwing money at such a problem is merely a quick fix, and that rather than overhauling policy, our government should reevaluate its philosophy regarding education.

"The Obama administration's $50 billion proposed education budget adds $3 billion in funding to help schools meet these revised goals, with the possibility of an additional $1 billion if the overhaul plan passes Congress."

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