No Child Left Behind Debate, Student Loan Rancor Signal End Of Bipartisanship In Education
Posted on AllSides June 6th, 2013
From The Left
Once upon a time, education was a bipartisan issue, even in Washington.
When it came to America's schools -- a point of bombastic rhetoric on the campaign trail -- Democrats and Republicans have historically been willing to set aside their differences and hug it out. The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, a law that dramatically increased the federal government's reach into America's schools, illustrated this situation: Republicans, like President George W. Bush, Rep. John Boehner (Ohio) and Sen. Judd Gregg (N.H.), and Democrats, like Rep. George Miller (Calif.) and...