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Education Quote of the Week: Arne Duncan on No Child Left Behind | Mother Jones

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Education Quote of the Week: Arne Duncan on No Child Left Behind

| Thu Jan. 20, 2011 1:03 PM PST
Here's Education Secretary Arne Duncan on the widely expected overhaul of the nine-year-old No Child Left Behind Act, formally called the Education Elementary and Secondary Education Law, as quoted by AP:
"Everyone I talk to really shares my sense of urgency that we have to do better for our children. We're fighting for our country here."
What's he talking about? AP reports:
"Duncan has worked with lawmakers of both parties over the past two years to lay the groundwork for a rewrite." The new law "[W]ould ease many testing requirements, put a new focus on teacher performance and the lowest-performing schools, and replace