The Grades are in, and Bush fails again

So much happening. So much to relate. But I don't want this to be overlooked.

Lois Romano writes in The Washington Post: "Reading scores among fourth- and eighth-graders showed little improvement over the past two years, and math gains were slower than in previous years, according to a study released yesterday. The disappointing results came despite a new educational testing law championed by the Bush administration as a way to improve the nation's schools. . . .

" 'No one can be satisfied with these results,' said Ross Wiener, policy director for the Education Trust, an advocacy organization that backed No Child."

Oh yeah?

"This is an encouraging report," Bush said in a hastily arranged media availability with President Bush and Education Secretary Margaret Spellings. "It shows there's an achievement gap in America that is closing; that minority students, particularly in fourth grade math and fourth grade reading are beginning to catch up with their Anglo counterparts. And that's positive, and that's important."