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Education experts disagree on whether the bipartisan $26 billion "Leave No Child Behind" Act signed by the President this week will improve K through 12 education over the long haul. A panel talks about the new federal policy: how it was crafted, what it contains, and how it will affect American public schools, teachers, and students.
Brenda Welburn, president of the National Association of State Boards of Education
Sandra Feldman, American Federation of Teachers
Monty Neill, executive director of FairTest, the National Center for Fair and Open Testing
Demographic studies show that today, young people are getting married later, having kids later, and taking on other "adult" roles later than in past generations. Diane and her guests talk about the growing study of "emerging adults" -- people too old to be called "adolescents," but not quite adults, either.
Jeffrey Arnett, developmental psychologist affiliated with the University of Maryland, and organizer of the Society for Research on Adolescence's Special Interest Group on Emerging Adulthood
Alexandra Robbins, co-author of "Quarterlife Crisis: The Unique Challenge of Life in your Twenties" (2001)
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