Congress Set to Pass Bipartisan Education Reform
To the Point
KCRW
4.4 • 583 Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2015
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
It's often said that compromise gives something to everyone but leaves nobody happy. Case in point is the bipartisan effort to replace "No Child Left Behind" with a new, federal education reform called, "Every Child Succeeds." We hear where and how Republicans and Democrats agree to disagree.
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| 0:00.0 | Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence. The twice-monthly |
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| 0:32.9 | this is To the Point. Is it time to reform education reform? |
| 0:38.6 | Again? |
| 0:42.6 | Hello again. I'm Arwen Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International. |
| 0:46.5 | A daily look at the issues Americans care about most. |
| 0:48.9 | It could be a rare compromise in a sharply divided Congress, |
| 0:51.9 | Democrats and Republicans want to get rid of no child left behind. |
| 0:55.8 | The likely replacement would be called every child succeeds with less standardized testing |
| 1:00.4 | and more power to states and local districts. But conservatives complain there's still |
| 1:05.1 | too much federal involvement. Liberals worry the rights of low income and minority students |
| 1:09.8 | will be ignored. |
| 1:19.1 | We'll hear details of efforts to thread the needle between teachers, advocates of school choice, civil libertarians, and many other interested parties. |
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