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Edison High School is among the Minneapolis schools that have failed to make "adequate yearly progress" in the past three years under No Child Left Behind. (MPR photo/Laura McCallum)

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Rabble-rousing education reformer

Broadcast: Midmorning, 03/27/2008, 9:06 a.m.

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Former Secretary of Education Chester Finn discusses why he no longer supports No Child Left Behind, and looks at the challenges of reforming the U.S. educational system.

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  • Chester Finn: President of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation. He served as secretary of education under President Reagan.

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