Krista Kafer, Heritage Foundation, December 13, 2001
Have you been wondering what to make of the soon-to-be-signed "No Child Left Behind" act? Heritage Foundation education analyst Krista Kafer has written a worthy overview of its strengths and weaknesses. Her conclusion: "Although the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorization contains the major themes of the Bush No Child Left Behind plan - accountability, opportunity, flexibility, structural change, and quality improvement - it is only a modest representation of those key elements. The bill perpetuates ineffective and wasteful programs and is authorized at twice the funding level of the 1994 reauthorization in the first year alone." For the full text, surf to http://www.heritage.org/shorts/20011213education.html.
