(Des Moines Register) - Cedar Falls, Ia. - The federal government needs to revise the No Child Left Behind Act to let states negotiate how they meet the education law's requirements, Republican presidential candidate Sam Brownback said Tuesday.
The Kansas senator, who voted for the measure in 2001, said its difficulties stem largely from provisions that force local schools to spend money on certain things while other problems go unfixed. Brownback mentioned the plan during an educational forum at the University of Northern Iowa, where he fielded questions about college affordability, high school standards and the nation's scientific brain drain.
"Where it failed was not giving flexibility to the states," Brownback told a crowd of 120 at the Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center. Read Entire Story
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