This Story Does Write Itself

It’s an annual event. The NEA says at its national convention that it’s really going to get No Child Left Behind changed soon, politically, in the courts, through old-fashioned organizing, etc…And each year the press dutifully reports the story and the big action about to happen. Yet it’s been five years and not much has happened. Isn’t that the story? Not as fun to write about the dog that didn’t bark. But at least so far, that’s the story on this dog. And when one of the most powerful interest groups in the country can’t get a lot done on a key issue like this, seems worth analyzing why…