Yesterday, Montana became the first state to receive a No Child Left Behind (NCLB) waiver, meaning the state will still receive federal education funding despite many of its schools consistently missing benchmarks set by the law, which requires students in the public education system to be "proficient" in reading and math.
Obama and Duncan have spent much of the past 18 months asking Congress to revamp the law, which was authorized by President George W. Bush in 2001. The law has been up for renewal and an overhaul since 2007. In March 2011, Duncan said that up to 82 percent of all public schools could miss benchmarks set by the law, and that a new, more reasonable law needed to be implemented.
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