No Child Left Behind School Law Opens Partisan Divide
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No Child Left Behind, the 11-year-old law governing U.S. schools, was once hailed as a bipartisan triumph uniting Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic Senator Edward Kennedy on improving education.
Now, once again, bitter party divisions are complicating efforts to change the law, criticized by parents, teachers and many politicians for an excessive focus on the standardized testing of students. Efforts to reauthorize No Child Left Behind have been bogged down since 2007.