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Fed law could prompt Mass. to rethink education approaches

Fed law could prompt Mass. to rethink education approaches

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STATE HOUSE — A new federal education law that shifts some control from Washington D.C. to individual states will give Massachusetts a chance to reconsider several pieces of its education system, a policy expert told lawmakers Wednesday. Passed in December, the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind as the latest reauthorization of the 50-year-old national education law originally known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.

STATE HOUSE — A new federal education law that shifts some control from Washington D.C. to individual states will give Massachusetts a chance to reconsider several pieces of its education system, a policy expert told lawmakers Wednesday. Passed in December, the Every Student Succeeds Act replaces No Child Left Behind as the latest reauthorization of the 50-year-old national education law originally known as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.…