Duncan, Obama Headed for Fight in Congress on Education Policy, Funding
By - Jan 23, 2011 9:01 PM PT
President Barack Obama, who has adopted such traditionally Republican principles as charter schools and teacher merit pay, will meet resistance in a divided Congress over spending and the reach of government in the classroom.
He will showcase his argument for an education overhaul in his State of the Union address tomorrow, Education Secretary Arne Duncan says.
Obama wants to replace President George W. Bush’s “No Child Left Behind” law, which required student testing and demanded that schools show “adequate yearly progress,” with his own plan for tracking of student progress and training teachers. While Bush benefited from a
