Obama, Duncan Call For NCLB Overhaul

The International Business Times (1/28, Picard) reports, "The Obama administration believes that one policy area ripe for bipartisan cooperation and accomplishment is the reauthorization, and improvement, of" NCLB. In his State of the Union address "Obama said he wanted to 'replace No Child Left Behind with a law that's more flexible and focused on what's best for our kids.' Secretary of Education Arne Duncan followed the President's lead by holding a press conference Wednesday, accompanied by US Sens. Tom Harkin, D-IA, Mike Enzi, R-WY, Jeff Bingaman, D-NM and Lamar Alexander, R-TN." According to the IBT, "Duncan called NCLB 'far too rigid' to allow states to develop their own policies."