NCLB (No Child Left Behind) should be called No Child Left a Dime. I hope with the democratic controlled house and senate in congress that they will do everything possible to get rid of this ridiculous law. If you want to see what republicans think of education look at the private schools. Teachers have no formal training in educational theory or psychology of how students learn, they are paid very little. If a teacher happens to or is brave enough to teach something that make the children think of something other than what some parents have brainwashed into their child. Then those teachers are removed from their position. There is no protection for teachers to freely teach what children should learn. The majority of private schools are white only and the Republican Party is reminiscent of the old Ku Klux Klan. Don't let them fool you they have not taken their kids out of public schools because of prayer or other excuses. They have taken their kids out of public schools because they are racist! And when I say racist I don't mean racist against other races of people I mean racist against the poor. They don't want their children to go to school with poor children. Republicans want control! NCLB is set up to make public education fail. The AMO (Annual Measurable Objective) for every public school is to have 100% of children proficient in every subject in every grade level by the year 2014. This AMO discourages teachers and decreases morale. Happy teachers are more productive and better teachers. I've heard teachers and administrators both make the comment "If No Child Gets Ahead Then No Child Will Be Left Behind." Is this really the mentality that we want our children's teachers to have? The smartest people in the world are not 100% proficient in everything. The republicans are setting public education up to fail so that they can achieve one of their goals/objectives and that is school choice (public school vouchers). If all public schools cannot meet the objectives then parents will complain and run to the republicans for help. Their solution (the republicans) will be school vouchers (school choice). Please notify all democrats that are in congress and urge them to do away with the NCLB ACT. It will be up for renewal in 2007. Please call your congressman and urge them to reform education and get rid of the NCLB ACT, for the safety of preserving democracy in this country. If the republicans continue we will soon live in a dictatorship and not a democracy.