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To: PartyTime who wrote (62312)	2/14/2006 8:19:28 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Doesn't surprise me. The GOP has become the literal Know Nothing Party; more evidence. Even their showcases are failures... Harvard study blasts Bush education policy By Jason Szep BOSTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush's signature education policy has in some cases benefited white middle-class children over blacks and other minorities in poorer regions, a Harvard University study showed on Tuesday. Political compromises forged between some states and the federal government has allowed schools in some predominantly white districts to dodge penalties faced by regions with larger ethnic minority populations, the study said. Bush's 2001 No Child Left Behind Act was meant to introduce national standards to an education system where only two-thirds of teenagers graduate from high school, a proportion that slides to 50 percent for black Americans and Hispanics. But instead of uniform standards, the policy has allowed various states to negotiate treaties and bargains to reduce the number of schools and districts identified as failing, said the study by Harvard University's Civil Rights Project. news.yahoo.com