No Child Left Behindhttp

I saw an interesting picture online while I was looking around for articles discussing the American educational system. I'm going to attempt to upload it here but if you can not see it, it is a picture of an American boy about to jump over a bar. The bar is the American flag rolled up and the bar in extremely low. This is a metaphor for the educational system in America going down the drains. Because of the No Child Left Behind Act, kids aren't learning instead they're just passing tests that are easier for the one student who isn't as smart. It has good intentions but I believe the act should be taken out of the educational system because it is not advancing our youth. Even Barack Obama has been quoted on Fox News as saying "States will get unprecedented freedom to waive basic elements of the sweeping Bush-era No Child Left Behind law, calling it an admirable but flawed effort that has hurt students instead of helping them." I'm just glad I got out of school before all of this nonsense because I don't want to be just another statistic. Educational Secretary Arne Duncan warned the American people with one huge statistic that caught my eye. "Duncan has warned that 82 percent of schools next year could fail to reach proficiency requirements and thus be labeled failures." This is a scary statistic and I certainly hope it never reaches that point, but the only way it won't is if this Act is destroyed.

Picture - http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/02/14/23merrow.h26.html
News Article  - http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/09/23/obama-to-propose-states-opt-out-from-no-child-left-behind-education-law/