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Franken on NCLB: Reform It or Scrap It

March 13, 2008 1 min read
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Comedian Al Franken is running for U.S. Senate in Minnesota. His position on NCLB is that the law needs to be “dramatically reformed or scrapped altogether.” Franken, a Democrat, sounds a like a cross between John Edwards and Bill Richardson.

His opponent, Sen. Norm Coleman, is a co-sponsor of a bipartisan NCLB bill that would keep much of the law intact, but give it a new name.

Find out more over from Alyson Klein’s latest cameo at Campaign K-12.

A version of this news article first appeared in the NCLB: Act II blog.

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