Education Law Passage Contingent On Outside Political Forces

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Friday, October 28, 2011
Though getting a sweeping federal education bill out of a Senate committee feels momentous given Congress's heightened partisan atmosphere, Senators Tom Harkin's (D-Iowa) and Mike Enzi's (R-Wyo.) measure faces a rocky road.

Their bill would reauthorize the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, which became known as No Child Left Behind during its last overhaul a decade ago. A product of compromise, the new bill rolls back the federal government's role in school accountability, enshrines the Obama administration's Race to the Top competition and does not mandate rigorous teacher evaluations.
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