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Michael Bennet: The ugly part is we had a system where the Federal Government set the goal, and then they prescribed to the States what…

On the recordNovember 7, 2011
The ugly part is we had a system where the Federal Government set the goal, and then they prescribed to the States what programs and processes we had to use to meet that goal.
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Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet describes the federal overreach in education policy under No Child Left Behind.

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