Geogia Schools Are The Best Schools, Says Bush Administration

It looks like Georgia is one school that doesn't want the NCLB law to be kuput.

U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings made an appearance at the Georgia Schools of Excellence in Student Achievement Banquet in Atlanta on Friday to congragulate the 83 of Georgia's most formiable schools for accomplishing a great feat-living up to the standards of the NCLB Act.

A Department of Education press release said that Spellings was estatic about the achievement the schools have made-Ten of them are in the state's top 10 percent as measured by student achievement in reading/language arts and math, ten others have demonstrated the greatest gains in those subjects over the past three years, and the rest have were honored as Title I Distinguished Schools, Title I public and public charter schools that have met or exceeded Georgia's adequate yearly progress goals for three or more years running, or that have made the greatest gains in closing their achievement gaps, said the press release. Spellings believe that NCLB had something to do with Georgia's success.

Read one comment made by Spellings about NCLB (found in the press release) and how it has made America a better place:

"The No Child Left Behind Act has indeed changed the education landscape in this country. It has taught us all a new equation: high standards plus accountability plus resources equal results. While a few try to undermine the law in the courts and elsewhere, every one of you in this room has chosen to make it work."

You know those one-line quotes that film critics make about a movie in an advertisement for that same movie ("the feel good movie of the year," "you won't believe your eyes," "spellbinding," etc.). Is it just me, or do the comments made by Spellings and other governmenty officals from their press releases sound like exactly like them.

Try reading of few of these press releases and judge for yourself.