Over at the Education Gadfly
(hosted through the Fordham Foundation) there is an interesting commentary from
Michael Petrilli and Frederick Hess on the future of NCLB. The commentary says
the 'Washington Consensus' that was in place when the law was crafted is still
largely in place. However, there is growing criticism of the law, even from
Republicans (and as mentioned earlier in
this blog, especially from the ranks of governors). The authors conclude
the best hope for NCLB may, ironically, lay with Democrats, particularly
Senator Clinton. Ironic Indeed! It is looking more and more like the balance
over education may lie with the nominees of the parties for the presidential race
in 2008. If it is someone outside the beltway (a governor) significant changes
to NCLB are possible (maybe even likely), if it is someone within the beltway,
well maybe we will see what happens in 2013-14 after all.