By GIL KLEIN The No Child Left Behind law has shaken every teacher in every classroom. And when it comes up for renewal next year, it faces a political battle that could last until after the 2008 election.

By BEN FELLER WASHINGTON - Falling short of requirements under President Bush's education law, about 1,750 U.S. schools have been ordered into radical "restructuring," subject to mass firings, closure, state takeover or other moves aimed at wiping their slates clean.

By Liz Bowie, The Baltimore Sun Apr. 6--Want to know how Baltimore's school system compares with other urban districts around the nation? Are schools better elsewhere? Are other kids learning more? The question is virtually impossible to answer.