In an editorial in today's Springfield News-Leader, the newspaper says it approves of Seventh District Congressman Roy Blunt's stance on the No Child Left Behind program:
For Blunt and others like him, it's an about-face. Early on a champion of No Child Left Behind, Blunt has indicated on more than one occasion that it's a vote he now regrets.
Why?
The bill's goal of more accountability was and is a good concept, but it did so by forcing too much federal control on local schools.
"What I was looking for was something that creates maximum flexibility for the states," Blunt says. "I've become convinced that the flexibility is not in the law."
That was fairly obvious early on, and teachers, principals and superintendents have been screaming for several years now that the federal restrictions have actually reduced creativity at the local level and forced a one-size-fits-all approach.
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