Minnesota Republicans Plan Withdrawal from NCLB Participation

From the Minneapolis Star Tribune:

Legislators have the much-maligned No Child Left Behind law in their cross hairs -- again.

When the 2008 legislative session cranks up next month in St. Paul, Republican senators will be ready to introduce a bill that would end Minnesota's participation in NCLB. The federal program is aimed at forcing schools to improve their students' test scores, and slaps many
of them with penalties if they don't.

"What we want is to make a real firm stand for local control," said Sen. Geoff Michel, R-Edina, who added that he represents Senate Republicans on this issue. "We've had five years of the No Child Left Behind regime, and I think it's safe to call it a failure now. We're giving it an F and trying to take back our schools."