Obama rightly stand behind 'No Child'

When it comes to public education reforms, Sen. Barack Obama still is standing behind the "No Child Left Behind Act".

And that's the right thing to do from my reporting and column writing experience in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

Obama doesn't want to scrub 'No Child'. Sen. Clinton did. He just wants more money for it. He knows the nation's public education bureaucracy is just as dangerous to children as the corporate lobbyists are to change in Washington, D.C.

Thanks, Sen. Obama, for sticking true to your principles of change and risking the ire of the public education lobby and its big bucks. Latino children will be among the biggest beneficiaries from your position.

President Bush lacked the political capital to make the 'No Child' reforms more effective. He let states water them down. With a more Democratic Congress in 2009, Obama can take 'No Child' where Bush couldn't.