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Voices in Urban Education
VUE Number 24, Summer 2009

The Evolving Federal Role

Susan B. Neuman orange star Audio Clip 2
Professor of educational studies at the University of Michigan School of Education

Q: Let's look at one example of something you were involved with: teacher quality. No Child Left Behind, for the first time, set federal guidelines for teacher quality. You have argued that this was, if not a failure, an effort that did not achieve its goals. Why do you think that this happened?

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