Obama 'Plan for Reform in education goes to Congress

This is the VOA Special English Education Report, for voaspecialenglish.com Obama has sent Congress a proposal in March to rewrite the primary federal law. The current version of the law, signed by George W. Bush eight years ago, is known as No Child Left Behind that name would go. The current policy requires that each student be able to pass state tests in reading and math for two thousand fourteen. All schools must report annually on progress towards this goal. But statesdecide what students need to know to show "responsibility." Obama's goal is that every high school student must be "prepared for college and career." The date for schools is 2020. The President described the plan in one of his weekly radio and Internet addresses. The president said: "What is this plan recognizes that while the federal government can play an important role in promoting reforms and high standards we need, the momentum of changefrom the states and local schools and school districts. "Under the new proposal, states and school systems in the competition for federal grants. The idea is similar to the administration of four billion U.S. dollars Race to the Top of the reform of schools. Struggling schools would receive money for teacher development and development plans for success. The lowest-performing schools must cope with changes such as replacing teachers and the principal or closed. The government has sent his...

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