Comment on Obama rolling back Bush-era education law

By KIMBERLY HEFLING, Associated Press
Thu, 09/22/2011 - 5:32pm

Obama rolling back Bush-era education law

Obama rolling back Bush-era education law

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration is offering states a way around provisions of the once-heralded No Child Left Behind law, contending many elements of the Bush-era education initiative have become barriers to learning and that too many schools, even those showing modest progress, risk being labeled as failing....

 

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