The Reading First component of the No Child Left Behind Act has received virtually universal praise. Yet, the Inspector General of the Education Department has found that the department (in 2002 and 2003 under Rod Paige) violated conflict of interest rules in allocating contracts under the program.
Despite this violation, apparently the kids did not suffer, only some companies did. If yours was one of those companies, you may have a twinge of satisfaction that the truth of a biased selection process has come out. Still, you got screwed by your government.
The new secretary, Margaret Spellings, vows to correct the problem.
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