Learning curve

Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
July 10, 2009
Editorial

Eight years ago, Congress approved a strict federal law demanding improvements in the nation’s schools. The law never fit Alaska well, and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski has once again proposed legislation to make some necessary corrections.

Murkowski has spent a long time advocating for these changes — most of the more than six years she has served in Washington. With the No Child Left Behind law possibly up for reauthorization later this year, she and other reform advocates have a better chance of success.