Two GOP Candidates Criticize NCLB in Debate

This from Politics K-12:

Last night, the Republicans held a debate in Iowa, sponsored by Fox News and the Washington Examiner. Education came up five minutes from the end of the two-hour debate. Two candidates were asked if—as president— they would continue to enforce the No Child Left Behind Act.

The answer was an emphatic "no", at least from Jon Huntsman, a businessman and former governor of Utah, and Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza. (Other candidates didn't get a crack at the question.)

"No Child Left Behind hasn't worked for this country," Huntsman said. He'd like to see more school choice and expanded use of technology in classrooms.

Cain said he believed that education is a local issue. "The federal government should get out of the business of trying to micromanage the education of our children," he said.

Absent from the debate was recently-announced candidate Texas Governor Rick Perry who has said the federal government needs to stop "dictating" school policy and limit spending in his speech to the National Conference of State Legislatures last week. Perry outlined a sharply contrasting vision from that of the Bush and Obama administrations on the federal role in creating jobs and spurring innovation during a bleak economic period. "Government doesn't create jobs, otherwise the last two and a half years of stimulus would have worked," Perry told lawmakers, adding that "no government program, however well-intentioned," can put a sufficient charge into a lagging economy.

Clark County School Board to Hire New Superintendent Tonight

"It’s somebody (that) people will recognize the name.”

---Clark Co board member Rick Perry

This from the Winchester Sun:

Clark County may meet its new school superintendent Monday night.

The board of education called a special meeting for 6:30 p.m. Monday solely to hire a new superintendent and allow for his comments. Board members met in closed session Thursday night for an hour and 40 minutes to discuss the five finalists and which one to offer the position.

Until the contract is signed, board members aren’t saying who their first choice is.
“We’ve made a decision,” board member Rick Perry said. “It’s somebody (that) people will recognize the name.”

Board Chairperson Judy Hicks said the members were confident the contract will be signed without complications, or the meeting would not have been called for Monday. During Thursday’s meeting, Hicks said the board authorized the board attorney to draw up a contract...

If "people will recognize the name" of the board's choice then one must consider who has the most name-recognition among the finalists. That's easy. Elaine Farris.

But three of the candidates have Clark County ties including Paul Christy works with the district at present and Lisa Stone used to work there. So that would seem to leave out Donald F. Aldridge and Stephen Dickerson.