Minnesota Republicans Say Out Loud What Other Republicans Won’t Admit

“We’ve had five years of the No Child Left Behind regime, and I think it’s safe to call it a failure now. We’re giving it an F and trying to take back our schools.”

So says Minnesota Republican Senator Geoff Michel of Edina. The Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports on efforts to pull out of this ridiculous program. BTW, Minnesota has long been near the top in the rankings of it’s public schools, from #1 in the 70’s and 80’s to rankings anywhere from #7 to #13 now (the slip in ranking has come, not coincidentally, over the same period of time that the GOP has taken control of the state’s House and Senate in the last 20 years).