No Child Left Behind, the controversial federal law that is shaping much of the nation's education policy, sets annual performance goals for public schools, requiring each to show "adequate yearly progress" on standardized tests. Any school that fails to meet its goals is put on probation. Right now, 1 out of 4 schools throughout the United States is on probation. As time goes by, more and more schools will fall into this category. This law has a noble-sounding title and objectives - even Senator Ted Kennedy supported it at first. But the way the Bush administration has implemented this law provides ample evidence that their objective is to dismantle the public school system and replace it with a voucher system that would place the majority of American children in private schools (run primarily by religious groups and for-profit companies). In the coming days, the blog will make the case against No Child Left Behind. Stay tuned.