The topic in Something to Think About is “No Child Left Behind … Is Left Behind.” The 13 year old “No Child Left Behind” school reform bill has been replaced. It has been replaced by a new law, signed by President Obama last Thursday.
Certainly, one of the most contentious issues of the old bill was the Common Core. Is the new bill an improvement? Is there any question that legislation was necessary to try to improve public education? Have standards been changed allowing far more authority and responsibility to the states? Is there too much autonomy left to the states?
