NY Edu. Commissioner: No Child Left Behind Waiver Helped State Focus On Reform

At an event at the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C. Friday, John King, the Commissioner of Education and President of the University of the State of New York, said that the No Child Left Behind waiver allowed his state to focus on reform, though he fears what will happen to some schools in the state when the waiver runs out.

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