Uh, Arne, I Don't Think You Can Overrule Legislation

just because it is a pile of shit. After all, it isn't just NCLB that is bad--it is also RTTT and other "reforms" peddled by you and so-called "Democrats" and Republicans.

If he and/or Obama is impeached, it wouldn't break my heart at all.

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has announced that he will unilaterally override the centerpiece requirement of the No Child Left Behind school accountability law, that 100 percent of students be proficient in math and reading by 2014.

Mr. Duncan told reporters that he was acting because Congress had failed to rewrite the Bush-era law, which he called a “slow-motion train wreck.” He is waiving the law’s proficiency requirements for states that have adopted their own testing and accountability programs and are making other strides toward better schools, he said.

The administration’s plan amounts to the most sweeping use of executive authority to rewrite federal education law since Washington expanded its involvement in education in the 1960s.

The administration's "reforms" are actually making it worse, but Arne doesn't listen to teachers on the field. He listens to the billionaires and hedge fund crooks who want a piece of the public tit.

The "100 percent" requirement was ALWAYS a bunch of shit because "reformers" WANTED to close ALL public schools. THAT is the point of it, but Obama/Duncan's "reforms" are just as punitive and would have the same result.