…But He Won’t Work for Peanuts

Billie Stanton in the Tucson Citizen, likening NCLB to “the elephant in the living room,” calls for an overhaul — and federal funds — to make it work.

…[W]e’re stuck with federal control, which wouldn’t be so bad if the lofty goals articulated - standards, accountability and closing the achievement gap - were intelligently pursued and adequately funded. But they’re not.

So we can only hope that Giffords, Grijalva and other thoughtful members of Congress will get us an elephant that provides props instead of penalties.

How to build a better beast? Raising teacher quality and holding states accountable for equalizing school funding between rich and poor neighborhoods, Stanton says.

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