Not according to a Dept. of Education study released yesterday on President’s Bush “Reading First” program. The controversial provision, which is part of No Child Left Behind, is meant to teach reading to low-income children. But it’s not, according to a report requested by Congress, where researchers followed children between first and third grade.

The New York Times’ Sam Dillon reports that even pro-NCLB Democrats like Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) have blasted Reading First and cut funding. Reading First wasn’t helped when in 2006 former director Chris Doherty called critics “dirtbags” who were “trying to crash our party.” Read Dillon here. MB

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