No Child Left Behind -- a progress report

St. Paul, Minn. — President Bush is calling on Congress to leave well enough alone. The president was in New York this week to promote the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

The law is designed to improve the education that all students receive, and the president said this week that No Child Left Behind is working.

"Don't water down this good law," he said at a New York City school.

But many critics say the law should be changed. And others say it should be scrapped altogether. They say that no child left behind puts far too much emphasis on standardized tests, is underfunded, and unrealistic.

Laura Bloomberg: Deputy director at the University of Minnesota's Center for School Change.

Joe Nathan: Senior fellow and director at the University of Minnesota's Center for School Change.