No Child Left Behind.

You know, for all the Republicans going on about the Democrats having a defeatist attitude about Iraq, they seem to have a really strong defeatist attitude about public schools.
Take the No Child Left Behind act. While boosting our public education is without a doubt a good thing, the way they go about it is all wrong. Why take away money from schools that are doing poorly? Sanctions I can understand. Penalties I can understand. But money–when money may be one of the things the schools need to pull themselves out of the hole–is one of the worst penalties to inflict.
Of course, Republicans have this nice little attachment to private schools, so maybe they don't care so much. Then there are also the libertarians like Ron Paul and Bob Barr that honestly don't care too much and that the Feds shouldn't get involved.
More on this after I get the chance to do some research on the topic.