Subject: Fwd: [drugwar] OT: No Child Left Behind (when we go to war) Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 22:27:03 -0400 To: lpny_discussion From: Bob Armstrong No additional comment needed : --- Original Message --- From: "Elmer Elevator" To: =A0 Sent: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 19:10:04 -0400 Subject: [drugwar] OT: No Child Left Behind (when we go to war) >=A0The School =A0Board of Keene, New Hampshire is balking at a= program to provide US military =A0recruiters with the names and= transcripts of public school juniors and =A0seniors. >=A0=A0 >=A0Built into the Bush administration's =A0"No Child Left Behind"= law is a requirement that public high schools =A0provide this= information to military recruiters, or lose substantial amounts= of =A0federal funding. The Keene school system stands to lose= $600,000 per year in =A0federal funds which it uses for teacher= recruitment, among other programs if it =A0does not comply with= the requirement. >=A0=A0 >=A0I've been hearing an enormous amount of =A0yak from the Bush= administration and the Republican Congress about "No =A0Child Left= Behind," but this is the first actual hard fact about what it= =A0does that I've heard. All the yak suggests NCLB is some sort of= magical =A0incantation which will reform public education and= improve the education of =A0every kid in the public schools. >=A0=A0 >=A0E=A0 --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 Return our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02003/09/18 10:25:01 PM