U.S. Eases ‘No Child’ Law as Applied to Some States

March 19, 2008

The Bush administration, acknowledging that the federal No Child Left Behind law is diagnosing too many public schools as failing, said Tuesday that it would relax the law’s provisions for some states, allowing them to distinguish schools with a few problems from those that need major surgery.

By SAM DILLON

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