WASHINGTON — Decrying the state of American education, President Barack Obama on Friday said states will get unprecedented freedom to waive basic elements of the sweeping Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. He called it an admirable but flawed effort that has hurt students instead of helping them.
Obama calls for states to circumvent Bush's No Child Left Behind
Friday, September 23, 2011 | 10:15 a.m. CDT;
updated 11:49 a.m. CDT, Friday, September 23, 2011
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