No child left behind gets left behind

The campaign for the no child left behind has come to a halt. Not only has it not passed, no formal legislation has been introduced, and Sen. Edward M. Kennedy says it will not happen this year. "It's going to tip over to next year," he said. This is a big issue because there are presidential candidates on both sides denouncing the program. “This was supposed to be the one area where the embattled White House and the assertive new Democratic Congress would find common ground, thanks to the unlikely partnership between a Texas conservative and a Massachusetts liberal”. But like most of Bush's legislative agenda, No Child Left Behind has fallen victim to a political standstill. “Bush is fending off foes from the left and right”. Teachers unions stand alongside hard-line conservatives against the program, and civil rights groups team up with business organizations in support of it”.
House minority leader John Boehner and other original authors of the law have become very pessimistic about their chances to reauthorize the bill, "It's slim to none that it gets reauthorized," said Sen. Judd Gregg.