"no national standards at all?"

No! No Federally mandated or set standards are needed. Standards are not achieved because some bureacrat in Washington wrote it up in some book. They are achieved through vigorous competition at the local level. And that means competition for students among schools.

In other words, the real "education reform" can only happen when gutless polititians find courage to standup to the powerful teacher's unions and demand improvements at the LOCAL levels.

And the only wayTHAT will happen if we vote these people out of office and vote someone else in.

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Новые фотки - у дочери на дне рождения. 16 лет. Very BIG DEAL !!!