Thursday, February 26, 2004

Arizona is the next state to watch in the escalating controversy over the "No Child Left Behind" act. After more than half (half!!) of the state's school districts failed to make "adequate yearly progress" under the law's definition, bipartisan legislators introduced a bill to take Arizona out of compliance with the law, echoing actions in Utah, Virginia and Vermont. In addition, Arizona teachers are planning to make NCLB the focus of their annual education rally at the capitol on March 3. As with other states, inadequate funding is the issue. To quote Cindi Hobbs, the Mesa Schools Governing Board president, "I have no problem with the accountability, just fund it. The program is only as good as the money that follows it."

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