Bush on Thursday praised Parkersburg South -- one of the few West Virginia schools that met the No Child Left Behind requirements last year -- for its students' high reading test scores, its technical education courses and its successful job-training programs.
He said Wood County educators and officials should be left alone to keep up the good work.
"It's not the federal government's responsibility to fund schools," Bush said. "It's the state and local levels' responsibility.
"The people here in Parkersburg can run the schools here a lot better than anyone in Washington D.C.," the president said, generating roaring applause from the crowd...
But Brenda Brum, a librarian at Parkersburg South and a former delegate, said Bush's comments fly in the face of the reality teachers, students and parents face every day trying to meet new federal mandates.
"He doesn't think the federal government is responsible for funding local schools," Brum said. "My question then is why are they setting all the rules?"
very true, brenda. if the president doesn't want the federal government funding local schools and he truly believs that local and state authorities are those best capable of educating their students, then why the hell is he setting all the standards with no child left behind? thanks to atrios for the tip.
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