Fred Thompson would change NCLB to put responsibility for standards in local hands.
He said his message to states would be, "We expect you to get objective testing done and publicize those tests for the local parents and for the local citizens and suffer the political ramifications locally if things don't work out right."
I'm all for local control, ( Read more... )

Apparently her "conversation" is continuing. Her latest is this ridiculous claim:
MIAMI (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday criticized President Bush's education policy as doing little to help minorities and acknowledged that she is still searching for ways to raise minority student test scores ( Read more... )

Something those of us who grew up with the prospect of passing a standardized test already knew: when the test means something, you will study for it or face the consequences.

Now another generation is learning that. Unfortunately it comes too late to help a generation lost to feel-good educational policies more interested in self-esteem than ( Read more... )