Apparently no one told Ed Secretary Margaret Spellings that No Child Left Behind is a damaged brand. In a speech to the Aspen Institute, Spellings urged support for the law’s core principle: requiring states, school systems and schools to show that students can handle reading and math at grade level, the Washington Post reports.
“We must resist pressure to weaken or water down accountability,” Spellings said. “To those who reject this goal, I ask, ‘What’s your answer?’ I have yet to meet a parent who doesn’t want their child on grade level right now, today, not 2014.”
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