Eduwonk has the NY Times article and here is a link from the Salt Lake Tribune about Utah "dropping out" of the NCLB. Utah's legislature passed the bill even under threat of lost Fed $$$$ ($76 mil).

I like this move because I want to see more local/state(eventually less state)control over education. I don't view the NCLB has the panacea the Bush admin says it is OR the evil policy the union says it is.

I know that is fence straddling but what the NCLB has done to curriculum (and choice) at least in the district I work in is not good. The standards push has taken away a lot of electives that students loved, i.e. drama, journalism, film studies.

However, I do like the teacher standards that the NCLB proposes.