Posted by
Team Turk on Friday, October 06, 2006 4:59:16 PM
From United Press International:
President Bush visited a Washington charter school and the U.S. Education Department Thursday to push for reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act.
At the Woodridge elementary and middle school campus of the Friendship Public Charter School, Bush said he understands that Congress is under pressure from school administrators and teachers to soften the bill's accountability provisions, which include rigid testing requirements.
"But as we come time to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, my attitude is, instead of softening No Child Left Behind, we need to strengthen it," he said. "The law is working. It makes sense. We must hold schools to account -- to account if we expect our children to be able to realize dreams. And if we want America to remain competitive, we must have high standards."
Bush said that teachers at the Woodridge school have demonstrated that high standards can work for children.