NCLB

The No Child Left Behind law does exactly what the book said. As an El. Ed. major I heard a lot about it in the school district I worked in last year. The standards are so ridiculous that most schools (even as the book said- some of the top schools in the world) cannot meet the expectations and, therefore, fail to gain the additional government support. The law contains 37 categories and requires 95% of students to be there on the national test day and pass. If the school fails any one category, they fail everything.
However, to explain everything in one sentence: The Bush administration set up this program. What else can you expect but for there to be a catch that just happens to make public schools fail and make government funding available to private, mostly Catholic, schools. Bush serves his interests again by hindering the American school systems more.
Also, the voucher system the Bush administration was voted down numerous times by the Senate. This same proposal just happened to be attached to a $328 billion omnibus bill that Bush knew was too important for the Senate to vote down just because of the vouchers. His manipulation of power has already created a strong resentment towards him throughout America. How much further can he go than harming the education system of the nations children?