Time Takes on NCLB

Check out Time’s big story on NCLB, including, in the online version, an interactive map comparing state and national testing — aka My State’s Test Is Harder Than Your State’s Test.

While “the teachers unions” aren’t given much play, I’m loving the last line of the article:

Most important, federal policymakers need to listen hard to the people who are working in the nation’s schools every day. It’s the only way to ensure that policies that sound great in Washington aren’t leaving educational reality behind.

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