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Edward M. Kennedy: Reforming No Child Left Behind is long overdue--the law has been implemented in a manner that is inflexible, and many…

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
Reforming No Child Left Behind is long overdue--the law has been implemented in a manner that is inflexible, and many times, unreasonable.
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Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts

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Kennedy calls for urgent reform of the No Child Left Behind law.

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