Congress authorizes rewrite of No Child Left Behind law
The U.S. Senate has approved a re-write of the controversial No Child Left Behind law that led to backlashes from parents and teachers because of its relentless focus on test scores.
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan praised the bill, passed by the House by a wide margin last week, and President Barack Obama has indicated he will sign it.
The legislation rolls back testing mandates, but Georgia already requires more tests than the federal government. It will be up to state leaders to decide whether and how much testing is needed to hold schools and teachers accountable.
Read more about this historic legislation at myAJC.com.
About the Author
Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.
