July 8, 2011 8:39 AM
Atlanta school scandal: "The Devil Made Me Do It!"
This is funny, but the way the media are seizing the No Child Left Behind Act (and inserting Bush's name whenever possible) plus selling us a sob story about the pressure teachers are under to bring in good scores on standardized tests - well, it just made me remember this old Flip Wilson routine:
Flip Wilson: The Devil Made Me Do It
Flip was certainly prescient. Nothing seems to be anyone's fault anymore - oh, except for Bush, on whose watch No Child Left Behind was instituted despite the outcry among conservatives to let us govern our schools at a local level
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Comments
NCLB was a bipartisan effort at education reform. If it was working, it would be a heralded part of Ted Kennedy's legacy!
If you haven't already, please watch "Waiting for Superman".
Posted by: James | July 8, 2011 10:12 AM
James- you are so right!
I wrote about Waiting for Superman: http://mommylife.net/fastcgi/mt/mt.cgi?__mode=view&_type=entry&id=9488&blog_id=1
I agree - a must-see.
Posted by: Barbara | July 8, 2011 1:37 PM
