Title: Several states consider dropping out of the president’s No Child Left Behind Act
Summary: Several states, including Utah and Virginia, attempted to opt out of the No Child Left Behind acts.
Topic: Should President Obama reform the No Child Left Behind law?
Category: Journalistic, multimedia
What is it? Multimedia clip (radio broadcast) and transcript from the National Public Radio (NPR) news.
Publication Information: National Public Radio (NPR), 2/2/04
Author: None Given
Location: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1633829
Accessed: 1/30/09
Support:
Former US President George W. Bush is mentioned in regards to his No Child Left Behind law. Margaret Dayton, republican state representative from Utah is mentioned for calling a vote for the state to opt out of No Child Left Behind, stating that it is a federal intrusion of her state schools. Jim Dillard, chairman of the Virginia House Education Committee, explains that many of the goals mandated by the act are unreachable and that Virginia cannot afford to implement them. Kathy Christie of the Education Commission of the States, believes that these bills are messages to federal officials. Deputy Education Secretary Gene Hickock directly Audience and Agenda:
National Public Radio (NPR) is a producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk and entertainment programming.
Usefulness:
This radio program was produced to inform its audience (of up to 26 million Americans a week) about potential problems created by No Child Left Behind. It also shows that it is not only the Democrats that do not support it, many Republicans do not as well. It also explains that Utah and Virginia attempted to opt out of No Child Left Behind due to several reasons. This article leaves out specific viewpoints of Democrats (though those are implied). It also leaves out mention of how states besides Utah and Virginia planned to deal with it (though several school districts in Connecticut and Vermont are mentioned). .
Works cited:
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Filed under: Assignments for Gateway II, Source Notes Tagged: | Assignments, Gateway, Gateway II, Journalistic, No Child Left Behind, politics, Source Notes
