[Kevin]

Well NCLB is obviously not a great thing for teachers... I mean it expects them to produce results which admittedly are often beyond their control. Most teachers' complaints, however, stem from a very front-lines approach.

What the rest of us are concerned about is the system in general. Before NCLB, there was really no alternative to public schools and there was really no incentive for public schools to improve themselves.

Now, there's incredible pressure, there's free choice for students to go to whatever schools they choose to, there are a lot of excellent choices in charter/magnet schools, etc.

It's not great for y'all on the front lines, we get that, but the legislation wasn't made to force teachers to improve, it was to force the entire system to improve. Despite what the NEA says, from where I'm standing, NCLB has been a pretty successful program.