Key Democrats Join President in Seeking to Revive NCLB Renewal

Washington

President Bush and key members of Congress said last week that they want to jump-start the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act. But the success of their efforts may depend on their ability to work together.

The president called on Congress to reauthorize the 6-year-old law, one of his most important domestic accomplishments, during his State of the Union address.

“Members of Congress: The No Child Left Behind Act is a bipartisan achievement,” Mr. Bush said in his Jan. 28 speech. “It is succeeding. And we owe it to America’s children, their parents, and their teachers to...