The NYT today has an article on the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" (find NCLB policies, applications, and other forms here). This long-running legislation began in 1965 as the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act", was updated in 1994 as the "Improving America’s Schools Act" and became one of George W. Bush's legacy issues in 2001 under its current name.
People's perceptions of the law have fluctuated over the years, causing legislators and now Education Secretary, Arne Duncan to suggest a "re-branding" of the legislation, with a new name. Immediately, as the Times reports, "scores of educators, policy wonks and assorted rabble-rousers have rushed in with an outpouring of proposals."
Check out Andrew Rotherham's eduwonk.com blog to see the full range of silliness (with several serious proposals thrown in for good measure).
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