San Diego educators and parents meet this afternoon to talk about what they like and don't like about President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. KPBS reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.
This is the first time the local school community gathers to talk about the federal measure. Legislators in Washington D.C. are faced with either overhauling the act or keeping most of it intact this year.
District spokesman Jack Brandis says local perspectives will be sent to Capitol Hill so lawmakers know how the law plays out in San Diego.
Brandis : This is going to be like a postcard to the legislators, saying this is what we found worked, and this is what we found didn't work.
No Child Left Behind requires all kids to be academically proficient in just seven years. Schools that don't pass just one academic benchmark are labeled as failing -- and face sanctions.
Superintendent Carl Cohn and the teachers' union have openly criticized the act. They believe No Child Left Behind punishes kids if they don't make the grade.
Ana Tintocalis, KPBS News.
