In his statement to the AFT, Bernie Sanders said he voted against NCLB.
Diligent parent activist Leonie Haimson (CEO of Class Size Matters and Student Privacy Matters) found the voting records for NCLB. It shows that Sanders voted for NCLB. He mis-remembered. That law is such a disaster that no one should admit they supported it in May 2001.
But as I report in the next post, Sanders voted against the final version of NCLB in December 2001.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
OK, so maybe he forgot. We all do, but how he thinks now differs and really matters.
Where’s Hillary’s responses to the AFT questionnaire?
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Sorry, I see Hillary’s responses now. That wasn’t showing up on my screen before.
Also good to see Bernie actually voted against the final draft of NCLB in Dec 2001.
Thanks for sharing all this info!!
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Also would like to see how Jim Webb filled out his questions.
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Perhaps you should add an edit to this post either linking to the next post or stating, clearly, that Bernie Sanders did vote against NCLB on final passage.
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Jamie, I added to the post to explain that Sanders voted for the early bill in May but opposed the final bill in December 2001.
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Thanks
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So.. making sure to highlight that he initially thought it showed promise was important….how?
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So… pointing out that Bernie initially thought the bill showed merit, but in the end did no support it was useful how?
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a tempest in a tea pot.
no one could foresee its horrors due the corporate agenda for profit behind it.
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Keep in mind that Leonie is funded by the Union and may be carrying its water. NCLB was 45 years ago.
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sorry, 15 years ago, we were all innocent then.
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Did Randi support NCLB? or was there no money offered by Gates as the Union was free to support Common Core.
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