To the Editor:
A comment on Common Core State Standards critic Susan Ohanian’s well-known 2006 quote about the old education law, the No Child Left Behind Act:
When Congress passes
No Child Left Unfed,
No Child Without Health Care, and
No Child Left Homeless,
Then we can talk seriously about
No Child Left Behind.
I offer an updated version as a comment on the new education law, the Every Student Succeeds Act:
When Congress passes
Every Student Is Well-Fed,
Every Student Has Proper Health Care, and
No Student Is Left Homeless,
Then we can talk seriously about
“Every Student Succeeds.”
Stephen Krashen
Professor Emeritus
Rossier School of Education
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif.
