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Why reports of progress on No Child Left Behind rewrite may not be a good sign
March 12, 2015
Valerie Strauss
Washington Post

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discussion on whether the federal government should dictate standardized testing or leave it up to states.
What do you see?
1) Less local control?
2) Continued federal encroachment into education? (Powers over education not granted to the federal government by the constitution, therefore reserved to the States or to individuals themselves.)

How might this impact gifted students?