WASHINGTON (AP) — A long-awaited rewrite of federal education law appears headed toward final congressional approval.
The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to end debate on a widely criticized No Child Left Behind Act, setting up a final vote Wednesday. The sweeping legislation would give the states greater control over the nation's public schools but still maintain annual testing to gauge student progress.
Immediately after the mass shooting Wednesday that claimed the lives of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, Twitter and Facebook initially exploded with expressions of outrage or empathy. Gradually, however, the tone shifted to more pointedly partisan attacks.
The number of mass shootings – defined as four or more people shot or killed, including the shooter – so far this year has exceeded the number of days that have passed, according to Reddit.com's Guns Are Cool web page.
