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Friday, February 06, 2015

Republicans, Democrats jockey on changing No Child Left Behind law

WASHINGTON (AP) - Outnumbered by Republicans, Democratic lawmakers are jockeying to get their views heard as Congress moves ahead on revising the much-maligned No Child Left Behind education law.

With votes anticipated in the House and Senate, House Democrats plan their own Capitol Hill forum on Thursday for changing the law - a protest of Republicans' handling of the issue.

In the Senate, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington state, the ranking Democrat on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, came out against a provision in a draft bill circulated by the panel's chairman, Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., that would allow federal dollars to follow low-income students to a different public school.

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2015 at 8:26 AM

    It means to give help for those kids who need it so they can pass.(An upgrade) It doesn't mean to pass every child in school.(a downgrade)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2015 at 8:26 AM

    No magical program or curriculum will result in all children testing at average or above average levels. It's a politically correct myth designed to cover up the staggering number of kids who are below average academically.

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 7, 2015 at 4:58 PM

    How about leaving the poor educators, the Bd. of Education administrators, and school unions behind and let the well-qualified teachers actually just teach the children?

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