Education advocates continue to raise serious concerns about the No Child Left Behind policy

Thu, 08/18/2011 - 14:14
  • Year: 2011
  • Length: 7:07 minutes (6.51 MB)
  • Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)

US Education Secretary Arne Duncan recently caused a stir in the education community when he announced, after months of Congressional inaction, the administration was offering “relief” from a key provision of the country’s education law, No Child Left Behind. States can now apply for waivers to bypass a central provision of the law. But as Community News Production Institute Reporter Jaisal Noor reports, Duncan’s new program does little to address the law’s most criticized component.

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