NEA vs. NCLB
Granted, they're squealing like stuck pigs cos the pressure's on teachers, but the NEA proves that even a stuck clock is right twice a day... even if it's for the wrong reason Kris, over at Anywhere But Here (and I've fixed the blogroll link to her blog), has a good lining out of some of the major reasons why NCLB is a stupid idea. Strangely, the NEA thinks it's a dumb idea, too is suing the gummint over NCLB... though for the wrong reasons, as Kris points out. It occurred to me, as I was posting a comment at Kris' site, that I ought to include the links I posted there, here. Here are two of them, to two mini-essays by Jerry Pournelle: |