no child left behind
The Senate is to vote on it early next week and President Barack Obama is expected to sign it.
A compromise bill was a long time coming.
After years of trying, Congress is finally on the verge of rewriting the 2002 law.
Lawmakers are saying the compromise framework isn't perfect, but is still a way forward.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Testing amounts to about 2.3 percent of classroom time for the average eighth-grader in public school.
Some things to know as students, parents and teachers embark on a new school year.
Eight years after the nation's major education law expired, we might finally be getting a new one.
Our methodologies in schools are demolishing creativity. Students have lost their capacity of creation simply because our teaching methods don't stimulate innovation and free-thinking.