Comments on: Bush Defends No Child Left Behind Act

President Says He's Holding Schools Accountable To Help, Not Punish Them

[infidel_us]

NCLB is like an egg left out in he sun. It looks fine on the outside, but it STINKS on the inside.

[qwaszx1-2009]

If Bush is still trying to explain the benefits after 6 years then you know it's a dog.

Sorry neo-cons, you can't be opposed to anything Bush now, because you had the chance to do something from 2000-06...and didn't.

[asor1-2009]

A moron such as Bushie would like to see 'kids-at-risk' moved on up the public school ladder so they can graduate as an idiot - just like he did.
Ask any teacher about this stupid idea, especially the ones putting in all the OT trying to give these kids an education.
This man is a real crankCase!

[abbe7]

"The idea isn't to force our children to learn a substandardized test, but to actually learn!
Posted by me4prezz at 09:54 PM : Apr 12, 2007"

Better a well made head than a pretty full one
- Montaigne

I'm a teacher for part of my time(University level). At my exams, students are allowed to bring any notes, books, they want (no cell phones or computers, of course). They need to show that they can think by themselves ...

[dallison7]

%u201CIt is important for all of us to make it clear that accountability is not a way to punish anybody,%u201D Bush told supporters of the law


THAT'S A FVCKING JOKE!!

THE WORDS 'BUSH' AND 'ACCOUNTABILITY' IN THE SAME PARAGRAPH!!

Here we see Bush trying to refocus our attention to something other than the 'missing' emails.

He wants to talk about his failures instead of his crimes.

LESSOR OF TWO EVILS, HUH CHIMP??

[coffeehead-2009]

Just another tube of his that is funnelling private tax dollars to his PRIVATE friends.

Absolutely NO validity to his hatred of public unity via education - all under the guise of passing dollars onto his cronies who OWN charter schools.

Accountability should NOT be a limited thing.
If these public school kids that are being "saved" from the evil - bad - system (proven by TESTS) ~ then we should be shown the results of his "diversion of funds". Why don't they mandate ANY tests for their charter/private schools? Why don't we SEE the results of our saving grace in the form of increased test scores after say - a year of PrIVATE education?
No one will answer me this - not my local representative , my congresswoman or my senator.
We have NO accountability for student progress in private education and even scarier NO ACCOUNTABILITY for fraud and scamming of the filtered funds - no monetary oversight.

[ramos937]

During the 2004 campaign, during a debate on TV (not a presidential debate), an administration flack boasted about this Act. He was roundly booed by the audience that included many teachers.

[tucson23]

Jesus doesn't believe in psychotherapy. But I'm pretty sure he did mention gullability on occasion...

[me4prezz]

Schools make the baby Jesus cry. Except Sunday School. I don't see where in the Bible it says, "thou shalt teach math and science," so we should probably stop before God gets mad.
Posted by tucson23 at 12:04 AM : Apr 13, 2007

Oh my gosh. You have got to be kidding me. How in the world can you humiliate and demoralize Christianity in a story about Bush and his stupid law? You need serious psychotherapy....and soon.

P.S. The Bible is more and more being confirmed by science and does in fact teach science. Keep studying. Perhaps you would benefit from this law...

[harp1963]

Sorry the link below was supposed to take you to a youtube clip of George Bush butchering the English language. Instead it just takes you to youtube.