Dear President Bush,
In the last several years there have been many great issues that have plagued this nation such as:
v Education
v The attack on September 11th
v The war in Iraq
v Economic unpredictability
While your task over the next four years is enormous, the real problem you face is prioritization.
Each and every Americans priorities fall in different places. To please everyone isn't easy, and practically impossible. But making sure you touch at least most of the bases is possible and an imperative.
"It sounds odd for the President to stand and say, we need to focus on reading in high school, but that's the state of affairs. Someday, when No Child Left Behind is fully implemented and fully implemented, there are not going to need to be early intervention programs or intervention reading programs in high school. But today, we need them. That is the consensus throughout the nation. We do not want our child to get to the high school level and still have difficulty conjugating verbs and diagramming sentences. Three years ago, the No Child Left Behind Act, which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act that is committed to "ensuring that all students, regardless of back ground, have the opportunity to obtain a quality education and reach proficiency in core academic subjects was enacted. To reach this goal, NCLB refocused Federal education programs on the principles of stronger accountability for results, more choices for parents and students, greater flexibility for States and school districts, and the use of research-based instructional methods."
"Recent studies of State achievement data, shows that reading and mathematics scores are up in most States, and achievement gaps among racial and ethnic groups hav ...