NCLB renewal push continues

 Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said yesterday the next phase of the federal No Child Left Behind law should focus on schools that chronically underperform. Schools that don’t meet federal standards for multiple years should offer parents more options for transferring their child — such as vouchers to attend private schools — and need to have the resources to attract top teachers, she said. Read more about her efforts to rally support for the law’s reauthorization in this article from The Telegraph, from Macon, Georgia.