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Article: Reauthorization of NCLB: federal management or citizen ownership of K-12 education?(Education)
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- USA TODAY
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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IN HIS 2007 State of the Union address, Pres. George W. Bush stated: "Now the task is to build on the success, without watering down standards, without taking control from local communities, and without backsliding and calling it reform.... The No Child Left Behind Act has worked for America's children--and I ask Congress to reauthorize this good law."
A fundamental question concerning NCLB is whether to continue to increase the Federal government's management authority over education or to restore citizen ownership of America's schools. The No Child Left Behind Act dramatically increased Federal authority. While the Federal ...