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NCLB policy affects rural schools

Won't NCLB go out the window once Bush is gone?

Probably. But so will the money. It was a good idea, but highly impractical and underfunded. At some point no school will be able to make yearly progress.

NCLB will not automatically go out the window once Bush leave office. It would have to be reversed by passing another law to undo the mess this one caused.

Democrats are just as guilty as Republicans for NCLB. Ted Kennedy had a strong hand in writing NCLB. Hillary Clinton said she would get rid of it, but both McCain and Obama plan on keeping it around, and now that Clinton is out of the picture, I wouldn't bank on NCLB going anywhere.

The requirements of NCLB are a proven mathematical impossibility. Every school will fail at some point. Changes need to be made if NCLB is to improve education.
To Anonymous at 6:36: there is neither revenue nor advantages to your local schools from NCLB. It costs millions to implement and test the educational requirements, but not one red cent is provided for materials for the instruction of those requirements.

I think the NCLB should make some kind or reform to help the students and schools. I hope Obama can change the NCLB act. It is a good start to help the public schools but it needs a lot to be chage and reform the act.