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	<title><![CDATA[Obama Gives Bush a 3rd Term in Education]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/obama-gives-bush-a-3rd-te_b_215277.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p> The great mystery of education policy today is why the Obama administration is embracing the Bush program. I recently wrote in <em><a href="http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/Bridging-Differences/">Education Week</a></em> (June 10) that it is time to kill the Bush-era No Child Left Behind program. The overwhelming majority of teachers agree with me. Those who educate our kids know that NCLB is a failed program that is not improving our schools but rather turning them into test-prep factories and dumbing down our kids. Bush's main...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2009-06-14T19:10:00-04:00</date_published>
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