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NCLB Put to the Test

By Laura Knoy on Monday, February 28, 2005.

Legislatures from Connecticut to California are rebelling against No Child Left Behind. A new bipartisan report from the National Conference of State Legislatures calls the federal education law "intrusive, flawed" and even "a weed" that's choking off innovation in local schools. We'll hear about the findings from the co-chairs of the task force that reviewed the No Child Left Behind Law. Steve Kelley is a Democratic state senator from Minnesota. Steve Saland is a Republican state senator from New York. Other guests are TBA.

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Letters from Thoreau

By John Walters on Monday, February 28, 2005.

Bradley Dean has become well-known for editing the previously unpublished works of Thoreau. His latest book is Letters to a Spiritual Seeker. It is made up of the letters that Thoreau exchanged with his friend Harrison Blake. They document the last 13 years of Thoreau?s life and his evolution as a writer and thinker.

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