Education groups vary in response to White House plan

USA Today: The Obama administration's plan to make sweeping changes to the 2002 No Child Left Behind education law is getting mixed reaction among educators: Teachers unions complained that teachers are being scapegoated by the overhaul; a school board leader praised it but called for more flexibility; and an administrators group said it was just glad to see NCLB go away.

"It's a classic blind man's elephant: Everyone seems to be focusing on just one part of the proposal they like or hate, but not seeing the big picture," said Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a Washington education think tank. Read Article

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