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Article: MoveOn.org's Focus on Paige Firing, NCLB Funding Level Misses the Real Problems Causing School Reform Woes.
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- March 11, 2004
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NEWTON, Mass., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement was issued today by Pam Solo, president of the Civil Society Institute:
"MoveOn.org misses the heart of the real debate about 'No Child Left Behind' (NCLB) when it calls for the resignation of Education Secretary Rod Paige and laments the lack of sufficient funding for NCLB. Mr. Paige's comments equating teachers with terrorists were unwise and insensitive, but they are distracting too many people from focusing on the real problem with NCLB: It measures failure, and does not promote success. If fully implemented, NCLB will dismantle our public education system. NCLB is not solving the problems it ...