No Child Left Behind

WASHINGTON (AP) — An outline of a plan by two senators to rework the education law known as No Child Left Behind would put more control over schools in the hands of states. Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa released the outline on Tuesday...

WASHINGTON — 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 law have become unintentional barriers to learning and that too many schools, even those showing modest progress, risk being labeled as failing.