State Lawmakers Ask for NCLB Changes

The new report contends the law leads to unintended consequences and that the federal government is indifferent to them – the lowering of academic standards, increasing segregation in school and the driving away of top teachers from needy schools. It claims the government is also violating the Constitution by coercing state compliance.

Chair of the House Education Committee (John Boehner) claims states want the money, but not the high standards that come with it.

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