The Senate on Thursday passed an overhaul of the No Child Left Behind education law, an action that senators on both sides of the aisle agreed was long overdue.
Senators voted 81-17 to pass the Every Child Achieves Act, which transfers more decision-making power to state and local authorities.
While No Child Left Behind was passed under former President George W. Bush, the weeklong debate in the Senate over changes to the law was among the least divisive of Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) six-month tenure as majority leader.
He touted the legislation as the latest example that his party has been able to get the Senate working again ahead of the 2016 elections.
"The pundits told us it would never happen. Republicans and Democrats will never agree on a way to replace No Child Left Behind, they said. But a new Senate that’s back to work is proving them wrong," McConnell said.
I want very much to be very excited about this bill, however anything that Mitch McConnell brags about passing through the Senate makes my Spidey sense tingle. And not in a good way.
However having said that ANY improvement to NCLB should be welcomed.
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