The Washington Post is reporting that the much-lauded Reading First program, a direct result of Bush Administration lackey Margaret Spellings's attempt at improving reading scores through the abortion of justice known as No Child Left Behind, has failed. In essence, there is no statistical difference between the reading scores of children who do not participate in Reading First and those who do.
There's $6 billion wasted. Imagine what could have been done if (gasp) we had actually picked a program that worked ... Or even spent that money on schools that are in serious need of financial assistance.
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