conjectural navel gazing; jesus in lint form

in today's political forum

Here is a little something to get your blood flowing in the early morning hours. I have posted another quote and a link to the full article in the forum. There is even a poll! I find all of this very interesting. My parents are educators. My father served as membership director for the Virginia Education Association for many years. Special interests aside, all of the criticisms in this article were mentioned at back-porch conversations as well at my parents' house.

Concluding a yearlong study on the effectiveness of President Bush's sweeping education law, No Child Left Behind, a bipartisan panel of lawmakers drawn from many states yesterday pronounced it a flawed, convoluted and unconstitutional education reform initiative that had usurped state and local control of public schools.