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Will 'Race to the Top' Leave No Child Behind?

President Obama's "Race to the Top" in Education features charter schools and standardized tests to evaluate teacher performance. Will it improve the much-criticized "No Child Left Behind" or is it the same, only more so? Also, Iraq uncovers bomb and assassination plots. On Reporter's Notebook, abortion, manslaughter and first-degree murder in a Kansas courtroom.

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By Warren Olney • Jan 12, 2010 • 50m Listen

President Obama's "Race to the Top" in Education features charter schools and standardized tests to evaluate teacher performance. Will it improve the much-criticized "No Child Left Behind" or is it the same, only more so? Also, Iraqi intelligence uncovers bomb and assassination plots. On Reporter's Notebook, can a man who admits he killed a doctor known to perform abortions defend himself by claiming he saved the lives of unborn children?

Banner image: President Barack Obama speaks about strengthening America's education system while addressing students at Wright Middle School in Madison, Wisconsin, Nov. 4, 2009. Official White House Photo: Chuck Kennedy

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    Warren Olney

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