Business, Civil Rights Groups Blast Kline’s NCLB Proposal

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January 25, 2012

By Alyson Klein

(From Education Week, January 25, 2012)

A top GOP lawmaker’s plan for rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act amounts to a “rollback” of the law, 38 business, civil rights, and other advocacy organizations said in a letter, sent Jan. 24 to its sponsor.

The draft from U.S. Rep. John Kline, R-Minn., chairman of the House education committee, “would thrust us back to an earlier time when states could choose to ignore disparities for children of color, low-income students, English-language learners, and students with disabilities,” the letter says.

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