USA Today – Mary Troyan
“The U.S. Senate, for the first time in 14 years, will debate an all-new federal education policy this week. The bipartisan proposal would do away with the No Child Left Behind law and reduce — but not end — the federal government’s role in public elementary and secondary education. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., hope to preserve their compromise that won unanimous approval in April in the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions Committee, where Alexander is chairman and Murray is the top-ranking Democrat. But controversial amendments on funding, discrimination and accountability are looming.”(more)