The National Education Association vs. The US Government

The Education Wonks blog posted this on April 21, 2005, titled, "The National Education Association Vs. The United States Government". It reports that the National Education Association (NEA) has joined nine local school districts in a lawsuit against the federal government over funding the No Child Left Behind Act.

Here's a quote from the US Department of Education's short statement released in response to the lawsuit:

"Today's announcement is regrettable. No Child Left Behind is, at its core, about fairness and educational opportunity for all students. The preliminary results are in, and in just three short years, states across the nation are showing strong gains in student achievement. The achievement gap-decades in the making-is finally starting to narrow.

"President Bush and Congress have provided historic funding increases for education, and yet we continue to hear the same weak arguments..."

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For more on US education, read The Education Wonks' post today on The Carnival of Education: Week 12, an assembly of a variety of interesting and informative posts from around the 'Sphere that have been submitted by various authors and readers.