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    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Changes to No Child Left Behind

    For the first time since 2001, both the House and the Senate have passed new versions of No Child Left Behind… two jumbo bills that, when reconciled, will set the tone for federal education policy in the US. And a lot of federal education policy revolves around testing. How much is too much?

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    By Madeleine Brand • Jul 22, 2015 • 1 min read

    For the first time since 2001, both the House and the Senate have passed new versions of No Child Left Behind… two jumbo bills that, when reconciled, will set the tone for federal education policy in the US. And a lot of federal education policy revolves around testing. How much is too much? And how does the Common Core figure into the testing landscape?

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    School Discipline, Bias in the Justice System, and Political Crowds-For-Hire
    1. 0:00Improving School Discipline
    2. 9:35Changes to No Child Left BehindYou’re reading this
    3. 19:29Teen Pregnancy on the Decline
    4. 28:37Unconscious Bias in the Justice System
    5. 41:59Political Crowds-For-Hire
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      Madeleine Brand

      Host, 'Press Play'

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      Matt Holzman

      Producer, 'The Document'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Jolie Myers

      Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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      Anya Kamenetz

      Writer; former education blogger, NPR; former columnist, Yahoo Finance

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    The full episode

    2 of 5
    School Discipline, Bias in the Justice System, and Political Crowds-For-Hire
    1. 0:00Improving School Discipline
    2. 9:35Changes to No Child Left BehindYou’re reading this
    3. 19:29Teen Pregnancy on the Decline
    4. 28:37Unconscious Bias in the Justice System
    5. 41:59Political Crowds-For-Hire
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