Musings of Erin

The Famous Quotes blog quotes George W. Bush as saying:

“An amazing thing about our society today is wealthier white families have got the capacity to defeat mediocrity by moving. That is not the case for lower-income families. And so therefore, I strongly believe in charter schools, in public school choice. I believe in opportunity scholarships to be able to enable parents to move their child out of a school that’s not teaching.”
- President George W. Bush

And, I wonder - why hasn’t anything been done? The No Child Left Behind grandstanding does no good. I know, personally, students who have been allowed to pass grades, move from middle to high school, while maintaining D and F grades throughout middle school. I’m still trying to figure out how this helps anyone.