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July 1, 2005

Other NCLB news

And in Connecticut, that state's legislature has endorsed a "potential lawsuit" against NCLB. "Nevertheless, the State Board of Education so far has been unwilling to endorse the potential lawsuit, and Gov. M. Jodi Rell remains noncommittal on whether she will sign the legislature's resolution," reports the Hartford Courant.


And Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), in this hearing Thursday of the Senate Education subcommittee, announced that when it comes time for NCLB to be re-authorized (whenever Congress finally gets to work), we can all add history to math, reading, and science as annually tested subjects. Historian David McCullough testified to the subcommittee, and offered some inspiring insight.

Historical literacy is crucial and lacking in America, and preparing citizens is a major role of public schools. But depending on how Congress fixes NCLB, we'll have to see how advocates of the many other subjects that now are feeling crowded out by NCLB's focus on math and language arts may decide they need to get in on the act and push for their own accountability mandates—every one another way for schools to labeled as failures.

Posted July 1, 2005 12:00 AM