"No White Child Left Behind?"

http://www.comcast.net/news/national//index.jsp?cat=DOMESTIC&fn=/2006/04/17/369941.html

Once again, the "No Child Left Behind Law" has left children behind. The law has allowed for the national academic progress test scores of minority students to be withheld from public school reports on test scores and acedemic progress. This loop hole is allows schools to make inaccurate claims of acedemic progress in order to meet their progress quotas. The test scores of over two million Black, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American students have been ignored in acedemic progress reports.

The No Child Left Behind Law has provided a loophole allowing this practice to take place. The law states that the test scores of minorities in a school who make up only a small percent (which varies from state to state) of the student population can be removed from anual acedemic progress reports. This means that of the 23 million public school students, 2 million or 8.69% of the population's scores are being ignored.

8.69% is a BIG number! How can we as a nation continue to allow our minority students slip through the cracks? It seems that we have learned nothing from our mistakes. Allowing minority students slip through the cracks will only hurt our nation. We as a nation can only grow stronger if me ensure the success of the education of ALL students. With out a proper education, the future of or nation is sure to crumble. I can only hope that we can adjust the No Child Left Behind Law so that it adheres to all children.