Richardson Urges Ending Bush's `No Child' School Law

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Richardson Urges Ending Bush's `No Child' School Law (Update1)

By William McQuillen

Oct. 11 (Bloomberg)

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While other Democratic candidates have proposed changes to the law, Richardson called for ending it outright. Congress plans to take up reauthorization of the legislation later this year.

``Some say fix it; some say tweak it; Senator Hillary Clinton says reform it,'' Richardson said, according to a transcript provided by his campaign. ``I also have two words for No Child Left Behind: Scrap it.

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[zbdent]

1. I have a question ... Repukes support "NCLB" ... and yet, they're the ones

who keep pointing out, when people complain about it, that it "was Ted Kennedy" who put it together ...

Why then do Repukes support it?

[Carrieyazel]

2. Because Shrub was the one who proposed it and God

forbid the Repukes do anything to go against their pathetic Repuke leader. If a Dem had proposed this, it gets crushed way before any vote.

[Carrieyazel]

3. Yes, SCRAP IT. It is an abominable law that hurts teachers and students

and the Repukes, who claim to be for minimal intervention in state and local education, voted for it in droves.

Richardson's position here is bold and gutsy. And he got the biggest applause at the YouTube debate on this very line.

But Hillary's answer?? More pander to all sides "reform it but don't end it" crap. Hillary sucks.

[seasat]

4. Here's a link to the full text of his speech.

Richardson fleshed out his educational plan. He reiterated his previous proposals of scrapping No Child, giving teachers a 40,000 minimum wage, loan forgiveness in exchange for national service, universal Pre K and increasing science, art, and physical education. He added some new stuff, like 8 paid hours per year for federal employees to spend one on one time with their children. He would encourage the same type of leave in the private sector. He proposed repealing the subsidies paid to banks for student loans. He called for simplifying the college financial aid form to a post card size. Richardson has some pretty good lines in his speech.

There have been too many promises ... and not enough leadership.

George Bush promised to be the education President. You know how far that promise got? About as far as his promise on inauguration day to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. About as far as his promise to take real action on global warming. About as far as his promise to be fiscally responsible.

Far from leaving no child behind, the Bush Administration seems to have left reality behind.

The President talks about an ownership society, then cuts funding for workforce training.

He talks about freedom, but his actions have left young college graduates shackled by debt.

The President talks about an America we can all believe in; then he delivers policies that benefit only a few.

Enough is enough.

The past seven years have been a dark period in our nation's history.
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We should move from a pass/fail model to a more comprehensive system of measurement. Narrow tests will only create narrow people