Va. Seeks To Leave Bush Law Behind (washingtonpost.com): "The Republican-controlled Virginia House of Delegates sharply criticized President Bush's signature education program Friday, calling the No Child Left Behind Act an unfunded mandate that threatens to undermine the state's own efforts to improve students' performance.
By a vote of 98 to 1, the House passed a resolution calling on Congress to exempt states like Virginia from the program's requirements. The law 'represents the most sweeping intrusions into state and local control of education in the history of the United States,' the resolution says, and will cost 'literally millions of dollars that Virginia does not have.'
The federal law aims to improve the performance of students, teachers and schools with yearly tests and serious penalties for failure. In his State of the Union speech Tuesday, Bush said that 'the No Child Left Behind Act is opening the door of opportunity to all of America's children.'
... No Republicans voted against the resolution, a fact that House Education Chairman James H. Dillard II (R-Fairfax) said is proof that "the damn law is ludicrous." "

Here we have more evidence of the disconnection between Bush and reality. He claims that the "No Child Left Behind" law is opening the door of opportunity, when it's actually ruining their education in many ways.
I am reminded of what ex-Treasury Sec. O'Neill said about Bush. He's disengaged in cabinet meetings. He doesn't think about issues. He is guided by Rove and Cheney to do what will help him get elected. And he is clearly shameless about lying. He will say black is white and, repeat it ver and over and intimidate anyone who points out the truth. This is what we have for a President. God help America.
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