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Originally posted by SlowToady
Oh and by the way....you guys need to stop blaming NCLB on Bush. I know it's the cool thing to do, especially for those that don't know what they are talking about, but largely the same legislation has been around for quite awhile; Bush made some changes and gave it a new name. BFD.
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That was me, thank you.
Bush instituted a similar program in Texas while acting as the Governor. He and his cronies fooled a lot of people into thinking it improved education and set a higher standard. What it really did was to put pressure on weaker students (not qualified as retarded - just low) and their very often poor parents (including many migrants and illegals - don't cheer to loudly please) to drop out, and therefore not to be counted in the average anymore.
They are also known as the children Bush left behind.
