I enjoyed your post. The neo-cons haven't suddenly changed their stripes and decided they really want to close the learning gap. The want to privatize / charterize the school system, and give parents "choices." However, NCLB does not give most kids attending the worst public schools the ability to choose the better public schools or the better private schools. Under the NCLB plan, the urban school systems are devolving into a hybrid school system similar to what Massachusetts had in the early 1800s, with crappy public schools for poor kids, some publicly subsidized private schools for the middle class, and the strictly private schools for those that can afford them. The big difference between the neo-liberals (Clinton wing of the Democratic party) and the neo-cons is that the neo-libs prefer charter schools to vouchers (for private schools). That's why there was huge bipartisan support for NCLB in Congress. The Minneapolis School Board was already carrying out the NCLB agenda before NCLB was formally enacted.
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