Comments on: The Biggest Loser http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/09/04/the-biggest-loser/ Closing the Achievement Gap: Teaching Content Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:59:33 -0600 hourly 1 By: Rachel http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2008/09/04/the-biggest-loser/comment-page-1/#comment-4524 Rachel Tue, 09 Sep 2008 14:40:03 +0000 http://www.coreknowledge.org/blog/?p=915#comment-4524 That's always seemed the bizarre thing about NCLB. If you take it seriously, it's pretty Great Society-ish. If it had been proposed by a Democratic president, and passed by a Democratic congress, I'd be pretty sure Republicans would be holding it up as a prime example of government meddling and bleeding-heart liberal utopianism. But it also provides great opportunities to bash public schools... That’s always seemed the bizarre thing about NCLB. If you take it seriously, it’s pretty Great Society-ish. If it had been proposed by a Democratic president, and passed by a Democratic congress, I’d be pretty sure Republicans would be holding it up as a prime example of government meddling and bleeding-heart liberal utopianism.

But it also provides great opportunities to bash public schools…

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