Live Breaking News & Updates on Push For National Standards

Happy. secretary of education arne duncan inside, not in the rain, very good to have you, secretary duncan. first of all, the teachers union is not pleased. i have a couple quotes i want to read to you, but lay out point by point what the president would like to do, the changes he wants to make to no child left behind and also this push for national standards. yeah, we have to educate our way to a better economy. we want to lead the world in the percent of college graduates. we want to make sure every child has college and career-ready standards and has a high bar. this law, we re prepared to do that. we have a huge chance to take a step in the right direction. the previous law was too punitive, too prescriptive. it led to a dumbing down, a lowering of standards and it narrowed the curriculum. we want to reverse that. we want to raise the bar for all children, reward success, reward growth. we want to make sure every child has a well-rounded education. so, we have a major, major chan ....

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