Inner-city Schools are Improving, says the Department of Education

Our nation's department of education has released two new press releases!!!

Press release #1 involves Margaret Spellings, secretary of education, who responds to the Council of the Great City Schools's newsest edition of its report, Beating the Odds (warning: you need adobe reader to read report). The Council's report says that things are definitely looking up for America's major inner-city schools.


And we owe it all to the No Child Left Behind Act. Or at least that's what Spellings says:

"These findings would suggest that the work of urban educators to raise student achievement is paying off. Children held to high academic standards can perform—they just need to be given the chance. That's why President Bush addressed the soft bigotry of low expectations by insisting that all students be held to the same high standards. In the 21st century, all children—urban and suburban—must be equipped with the best education possible so that they have the necessary skills to succeed. All children can indeed learn, and this study proves it."

Press release #2 is on the way soon.