The US should get rid of No Child Left Behind and come up with a new program for education.

A quick overview on all the points made in this debate. My opponent makes a few good points but he gives no evidence to back it up so in this round you must look to my evidence before his analytical arguments. Ok on his first argument that it hasn't been enforced, it has been enforced by every state because if it wasn't enforced there wouldn't be any funding given out. On his second point that I am blaming Bush only but I am saying that it is a failed policy because the way it is written and the plan it lays out. I am criticizing the plan itself and not the lawmakers. On the third point that people have given it no chance, people have given it a chance but when the reports came in on how it was performing people gave up on it. Why do you want to follow something that you have seen won't work. On his forth point about how its Bush's fault for no enforcing the plan, he contradicts what he has been debating about last round. He says it's not enforced and not Bush's fault, but it is according to him. On his fifth point that we can't pick out states to prove our point, he does the same thing, and I will gladly provide more evidence on the point. With a nationwide report, "In the year 2007, overall test score in the nation dropped by 2.43% in reading, and 2.13% in Math."(www.ed.gov/nclb) So to say that I am picking states is just wrong I am taking nationwide examples like I just gave. On his sixth point that Florida is making progress, he again gave no website or author to his evidence, but to answer his point he said that they went up last year. NCLB was supposed to show progress every year, not once in its entire history. So clearly NCLB isn't meeting its goals another reason it must be scrapped. On his number seven that we haven't give enough funding for education, (www/ed.gov/nclb) "In the fiscal year 2007, the overall amount given to the educational system was $106 billion dollars. That is plenty the plan itself is flawed and no amount of money couldn't fix it. Also when the federal government fails we have the states to back them up but a clause in NCLB limits the amount of funding that the state can give. On his number eight he says tests are a way to see if students are learning is false because teachers can teach towards the test as they do now in order to ensure that they keep their job. I have experienced this first hand, and last year I had a science teacher who gave us the test beforehand and the lowest score that was given at the end of the year was a 83. On his ninth point that children of low income should be seen as a challenge not a problem for "outstanding schools" is misunderstood, because what he fails to realize is that schools in low income areas are known as "drop out factories". This is because the schools have so little funding or help from the government and NCLB that they give an education that gets no one any where fast because they don't have the training to show students that learning can be and is fun. So students see school as a waste and drop out. On his final point that our educational system is a shining light for the world, he is wrong since 2001 the US has fallen down the charts on the list of most educated nation on earth. Now to stress the importance of my case, we must scrap the failed plan of No Child Left Behind in order to retain our position as number one in hegemony and to ensure that our nation will prosper. Education is key to our development as a nation you destroy our educational system you destroy our nation. We must scrap NCLB and move on to a new better program that helps the failing schools not punishes them for not meeting the required standards. In closing I would like thank my opponent and stress the fact that education is key to hegemony and hege is key to ensure we live in a world that is better for all. Thank you for this wonderful debate