More NCLB Lawsuits Heading In Bush's Direction

It looks like the Bush Administration better have their attorneys on speed dial, because Connecticut isn't the only state who's gunning for them. School districts in Michigan, Vermont and Bush's beloved home, Texas, have banded together with the National Education Association (NEA) to cause major (legal) damage to Bush, his associates, and his very popular NCLB Act.

A Washington Post article said that the army of disgruntled school districts and NEA's 2.7 million members accused the administration of going against the constitution by forcing them to live up to very high standards without coughing up the billions of dollars in extra expenses needed to do so. These expensive, the Post said, include "the costs of adding testing, getting children up to grade level in reading and math, and ensuring teachers are highly qualified. "


How does Bush feel about all of this?

On Wednesday, at a White House ceremony honoring the teacher of the year the president said, "I love the spirit of the No Child Left Behind Act. I suspect the teachers love the spirit of challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations."