The Christian Science Monitor – Kimberly Hefling
“In a political embarrassment for Republicans, House GOP leaders on Friday abruptly cancelled a vote on a bill to update the George W. Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law after struggling to find support from conservatives. The bill would keep the annual testing requirements on schools but would give more freedom to states and districts to spend federal dollars and identify and fix failing schools. But conservative opponents said it doesn’t go far enough to let states and districts set education policy. Such conservative groups as Heritage Action for America and Club for Growth are among the opponents. “We have a constitutional duty as members of Congress to return education decisions to parents and states,” Rep. Justin Amash, (R) of Michigan wrote this week on Facebook.”(more)