Well, the opponents of religion in school have a new success of sorts,
only I'm sure it it not the success they want. According to the New
York Times, a study that comes out on the 28th will show that schools
all over the nation have cut study times of history and science and art
and more. Why? No child left behind.

I know that liberals have had a problem with this policy for some time,
and I am among them. I just didn't speak up about it, till now.

Due to the no child left behind standardized tests, Math and English
are being focused on by the schools, since they are the subjects being
tested. Schools have cut study time from the other subjects to focus
on these two, in order to ensure their schools pass the test.

This is so sad.

It may have been known in these groups that I have been homeschooling
my daughter. What I didn't let on was that this ended this year, and
my daughter has been excelling in the school system (an A
student...showing I prepared her well). That being said, I can confirm
this is going on where I live. The students study English and Math at
least once a day, sometimes twice a day. Subjects like Science and
History have, to my own frustration, been taught once a week or so.
Now, since I have a history college background, my main frustration was
at the lack of history courses (how can we learn from the past if we
never hear it), but I'm guessing the science lack will have a greater
impact on these groups.

If we don't learn about each other's background (and that includes
religious), how will we ever learn to work together. To paraphrase Mr
Hollands Opus, we will have nothing to read and write about.

Who else can attest to this major flaw in the education system?