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Teachers seeing children left behind: Education secretary, first lady listen to feedback on law.

The Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH)

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Byline: Matt Tullis

May 3--Kathy McPike said the way special-education students are assessed as part of the federal No Child Left Behind law is unfair.

Belinda Clark said teachers, especially those new to the profession, need more support and more extensive professional development.

And Deepa Ganschinietz said students who don't speak English should not be assessed the same as those who do.

The three Columbus Public Schools teachers, along with two others, shared their concerns and their praises for No Child Left Behind yesterday, and they did so with an influential audience: first lady Laura Bush and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret…

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