GOP Congressman Max Burns has a firm grasp on the obvious -- No Child Left Behind

If you are a teacher or school administrator, you will enjoy reading this article from the Athens Banner-Herald. I did as a school board attorney whose wife Sally teaches.

The federal No Child Left Behind law, which mandates academic achievement goals for schoolchildren locally and across the country, may need to be changed so that it's more practical, Republican Congressman Max Burns told Clarke County educators Friday after listening to them detail problems they've had with the law's implementation.

The above is the good news. The bad -- Burns made the comment in Athens (Georgia that is); when he gets back to Washington, he will no doubt toe the party line.