From the Palm Beach Post - but I found the link through an e-zine I get from the Council for Exceptional Children.
Farther down, the article gives the viewpoint on this issue from several candidates in each party.
Depending on which presidential candidate you ask, No Child Left Behind is a costly and disastrous foray into federal control of schools or a lofty plan that needs fixing.
No matter who becomes the next president, expect significant changes to President Bush's signature education program.
It's rare that Democrats and Republicans agree on anything in a presidential election. But No Child Left Behind, the most sweeping and test-heavy federal education reform in history, may be the uniting issue of the campaign season.
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Some candidates now wonder whether it was realistic to expect that all students perform on grade level.
Both political parties had long-standing philosophical reasons to oppose No Child Left Behind. Republicans, generally in favor of local control, resented the idea of the federal government telling states how to fix low-performing schools and withholding money if they didn't comply. Democrats argued that the law's sanctions for low test scores targeted schools attended by poor or minority students, who are more likely to be academically behind.
Farther down, the article gives the viewpoint on this issue from several candidates in each party.