For one, there remains a core group of influential reformers — including former U.S. Secretary of
Education Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the widespread problems within American public education than any other policy decision in the past five
Education Margaret Spellings, congressmen on both sides of the aisle, and
reform - minded governors, who know that AYP has done more to focus the nation on dealing with the
widespread problems within American
public education than any other policy decision in the past five
education than any other policy decision in the past five decades.
So proponents claiming the mantle of «
education reform» have been quick to jump on the one - sided election results as proof - positive of
widespread voter support for their ideas, which include competitive charter schools, vouchers to transfer
public education money into private hands, and harsh accountability measures to punish schools and teachers for the circumstances they have very little control over.