Keep best parts of No Child law
After watching health care reform fall apart, it is encouraging to see a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers joining forces to rewrite No Child Left Behind, the 2002 federal education law that jolted states into focusing on student achievement.
The ambitious measure is far from perfect, and there is certainly room for improvement. We have criticized it on several counts, including its harsh punishment of struggling schools that are making progress, yet still not measuring up.