Sandy Kress, former senior education, advisor to President Bush - Austin
I want to commend USA TODAY for its editorial "An illusion gains credibility" (Our view, Improving education debate, Aug. 6).
Unfortunately, in his opposing view, Reg Weaver, president of the National Education Association, enlarges the education illusion ("Key subjects get short shrift," Opposing view, Improving education debate, Aug. 6).
Weaver claims dropout rates have increased in the wake of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), but this isn't what the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) says.
In its Digest of Education Statistics: 2006, NCES says the percentage of high school dropouts among people 16 through 24 years old dropped from 10.9% in 2000 to 9.4% in 2005.
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