The Washington Post – Lyndsey Layton
“Congressional negotiators have struck a tentative deal to replace No Child Left Behind, the main K-12 federal education law, by shifting authority for K-12 schools to states and freeing them from many federal demands and restrictions in place for 13 years. The deal largely follows the contours of a measure passed by the Senate with strong bipartisan support in July…And it plucked a few ideas from a bill passed by House Republicans in July…Congressional sources say they expect the deal to be presented to both chambers for a vote after Thanksgiving. Passage would be significant; lawmakers have been unsuccessfully trying to rewrite the law for eight years.”(more)