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No Child Left Behind Policies to Get Renewed Scrutiny

 
Reshaping the federal role in America's classrooms won't be the first priority for a new leader faced with economic crisis and war. But President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to fix "the broken promises of No Child Left Behind." (link)

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