Today marks the 6th anniversary of the “No Child Left Behind Act.” This controversial legislation has been debated, challenged, and contested since its inception. This week was no exception. Senator Kennedy, one of the chief architects of the law, placed an op-ed in the Washington Post, expressing his views on how to “fix” the law in the upcoming reauthorization. And the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled that states and school districts should not be required to spend their own funds to comply with the stipulations of the law. Yet, President Bush remains committed to his administration’s most-prominent domestic initiative and has threatened to veto any attempts at reauthorization that will “soften” the terms of the law. Happy Birthday NCLB--may the upcoming year be filled with more funding, more learning, and less controversy!