Obama seeks a revamped education bill by Sept. (Washington Post_
http://www.washingtonpost.com/obama-seeks-a-revamped-education-bill-by-sept-but-gop-chairman-calls-that-deadline-arbitrary/2011/03/14/AB5XZhV_story.html
WASHINGTON — Urging Congress to send him a new education law by fall, President Barack Obama focused Monday on the big concerns of parents and lawmakers alike: how student progress is measured and how schools that fall short are labeled.
Citing new estimates, Obama said four out of five schools may be tagged as failures this year under provisions of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law.
“That’s an astonishing number,” he said.




