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From the opinions of some experts, the No Child Left Behind Act has a lot of work that needs to be done to it. One of the reasons for this act is to ensure that our children are learning what they need to learn for higher education. Our current Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan has recently made an opinion on the act by saying that " we are lying to children and families when we tell children that they are meeting standards”. His vision of their futures is not bright either. He believes that “they are woefully unprepared to be successful in high school and have almost no chance of going to a good university and being successful." Other opinions on this act are that it is just a starting off point, not a finished policy. "We think the federal law is like a first draft of a paper - and we don't think it's developed very well," Jack Jennings, President of the independent center on Education Policy, stated in September of last year. The other issue is the gap between different cultures. In an article in Diverse Hispanic in June of 2008, Dr. Sheryl Denbo discussed the problems with certain groups of children still being left behind.“If we are to make change in the educational system, we have to include everyone.” Though NCLB Act may be a great starting off place, even after years of being in progress there are obviously many people who feel there is still change that needs to be done.