Kline on the future of No Child Left Behind law

U.S. Senate Republicans hope control of Congress could help change the No Child Left Behind law and give more power to state and local governments to improve education.

From MPR News:

Attempts to overhaul the law have been in limbo for years. But with Republicans now in charge of both chambers of Congress, GOP leaders hope education is one area where they can return power to state and local governments.

"While the federal government has a very special role in ensuring that our students do not experience discrimination based on who they are or what their disability might be, Congress is not a national school board," said Republican U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, the new chair of the new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.

Alexander has introduced a bill in the Senate that would eliminate annual testing requirements in favor of what's called grade span testing, which Specht and other union leaders praise.

Minnesota Republican Rep. John Kline, as chair of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, could have a hand in the future of the law. He joins The Daily Circuit to talk about the proposal.