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President Bush called No Child Left Behind "the cornerstone of my administration," back in 2001. Even Senator Kerry voted for it. It gave unprecedented control to the federal government, which is a major deal since it comes from a Republican, a group who normally advocates state control over education issues. Now, four years later, the law has shown some major problems in the implementation of its goal and fundamental problems with the law itself. During the election you would have expected something this important would have received more focus during debates about domestic issues. However, because of the fact the two candidates did not want to show some courage and make any major changes to No Child Left Behind during the election, it became somewhat of a moot point. No Child Left Behind is broken and all of the politicians are afraid to fix it.

The purpose of No Child Left Behind is to close the achievement gap and to make sure that all children learn their math and reading by......

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