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Tending grandsons and schools
- 09-30-2011
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Blog by Jay Mathews/Washington Post
I have been babysitting my small grandsons for the past week. My method reminds me of President Obama’s decision to grant waivers that free states from some of the more oppressive and dysfunctional parts of the No Child Left Behind law. I let Ben and Tom wander around the apartment, pounding on whatever toys interest them. I check only occasionally to see if they are wet or hungry. Am I lazy? Irresponsible? Maybe. But my method, and the president’s, encourages creativity and reduces paperwork. It also raises the issue of whether the tighter control employed by other caregivers, and the No Child Left Behind bureaucracy, is worth the trouble. I thought No Child Left Behind, despite its insane but politically necessary target of making nearly all students proficient by 2014, was a good idea when it took effect in 2002. (more...)
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