1.0 link 44227 <![CDATA[The Future of NCLB]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-ravitch/the-future-of-nclb_b_44227.html The federal education law called No Child Left Behind (NCLB) is due to be renewed this year, but political insiders in Washington predict that Congress will not take action until after the next Presidential election in 2008.

The legislation is hugely controversial among educators, but not in the halls of Congress. Although it is referred to as President Bush's signature education policy, it passed in late 2001 with strong bipartisan majorities. Senator Ted Kennedy (MA) in the Senate and...

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