Last Thursday was the second anniversary of the signing into law of the "No Child Left Behind Act". President Bush has been trumpeting the legislation as one of his top accomplishments, while democratic candidates for president have found much to criticize. What is certain is that there is no money to back up the tough, even unrealistic, expectations of the law. After all, children are not widgets, turned out to exact factory expectations. In Massachusetts, where state educational reform has been a national model, such federal intervention is not only unwarranted, but unnecessary. And in an urban district like Lowell, struggling with less money and more students, it is counter-productive.