Obama to overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’

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President Obama has outlined a series of proposals to change No Child Left Behind, the controversial education law rolled out under the Bush administration. The proposals would shift the focus in schools from test scores to career and college readiness, and would eliminate the 2014 deadline for bringing every child to academic proficiency.

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