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Michael Bennet: We've just, with the Chairman's leadership, managed to pass a reauthorization of what used to be called No Child Left…

On the recordAugust 4, 2015
We've just, with the Chairman's leadership, managed to pass a reauthorization of what used to be called No Child Left Behind, which for a long, long time measured the wrong thing.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

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Bennet discusses the flawed metrics of the No Child Left Behind Act.

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