New Law Will Change Education Standards

 No Child Left Behind is being left behind as both the House and Senate in Washington have agreed on a new comprehensive education bill that now goes to the president’s desk. The measure, which President Obama is expected to sign, will give more power back to the states, but it will maintain federal mandates for testing for grades three through eight. However states will have authority over how these test results are used in gauging student and teacher performance. The President of the National Education Association Lily Eskelsen-Garcia spoke with WAMC News today about the new law.