CNN reporting: New standards on tap for No Child Left Behind

 The Bush administration will announce new standards for its No Child Left Behind program today (April 22, 2008), a White House spokesman told CNN, which reported it on its Political Ticker. The changes, to be announced by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings in Detroit, will “strengthen and improve” the law, deputy White House press secretary Scott Stanzel said.

Stanzel said the updates are a “follow on” to President Bush’s comments in January, when he said that if Congress did not act this spring to update the law, the president would ask Spellings to strengthen it through administrative actions. “She’s done a lot of traveling around, talking to educators and policymakers about how to improve No Child Left Behind,” explained Stanzel. “She’s … found consensus on several issues.“ Watch for further postings on this topic.