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Is It Time to Reform Education Reform?
President Bush wants Congress to renew No Child Left Behind, but after five years there's little consensus on education reform. Also, an update on the wildfires burning throughout southern California.
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenPresident Bush wants Congress to renew No Child Left Behind, but after five years there's little consensus on education reform. How well is it working? What's needed to make it better? We hear a variety of different points of view. Also, an update on the wildfires burning throughout southern California.
Banner image: Secretary of Education Spellings speaks with chemistry teacher Erin Strimple Barker at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia.
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2 storiesUpdate on the Wildfires in Malibu and San Diego
Fires continue to rage in seven Southern California counties -- from Ventura to the Mexican border.
Read the story15 minTime to Reform No Child Left Behind?
No Child Left Behind is called President Bush's crowning domestic achievement, and it passed five years ago with support from liberal Democrats in both houses of Congress. NCLB is supposed to make every American kid "proficient" in reading and math by 2014, but after five years that sounds like a pipe dream.
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