(2006-03-11) — As part of the federal ‘No Child Left Behind’ mandate, Colorado high school geography teacher Jay Bennish will return to the classroom Monday to receive additional instruction in history and politics from 16-year-old student Sean Allen.

“We can’t give up on him now,” said President George Bush, whom Mr. Bennish had compared with Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler. “We can’t let the soft bigotry of low expectations prevent Jay Bennish from getting the education he so desperately needs.”

Mr. Bennish, who was placed on paid administrative leave during the probe of his anti-American classroom rant, said he’s “excited to get back to the place where the learning never stops.”

On the tape of a world geography lecture, Sean Allen can be heard asking his teacher questions.

“I employ the Socratic method,” the sophomore said, “hoping that questions will open his mind to receive facts and get him to think critically. I’m eager for Mr. Bennish to return to the classroom. We have so much work to do, and there’s so little time.”