Barack Obama in Wallingford, PA
During his campaign for the presidency, Barack Obama called for replacing NCLB with a new accountability system that would create incentives for schools to deliver a balanced curriculum, not concentrate on math and reading alone. In this April 2008 video from a town hall meeting in Pennsylvania, Mr. Obama explained why new accountability policies were needed. The Broader, Bolder Approach to Education campaign's report on accountability policy answers Mr. Obama's call, and describes how such policies might work.
