Was ‘No child left behind’ the first time we addressed education nationally?
McCain just said it was.
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October 16th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
No. GOOD Magazine just wrote a huge article on education and I believe Reagan was the first president to evaluate education nationally. The article also details Bush Sr, Clinton’s and Bush’s policies that followed.
October 18th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
No.
Like Cassie said, Clinton had discussed education as well as others.
http://www.ed.gov/updates/PresEDPlan/index.html
http://www.edweek.org/login.html?source=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fhl%3Den%26rlz%3D1G1GGLQ_ENUS295%26q%3DPresident%2BReagan%2Bdiscussing%2Beducation%26btnG%3DSearch&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Few%2Farticles%2F1983%2F07%2F27%2F04150011.h02.html&levelId=2100&baddebt=false
(sorry for the long link there, i don’t know how to shorten it)