How Congress finally killed No Child Left Behind

Speaker John Boehner's September announcement about leaving Congress was a shock to lawmakers who had been deep in painstaking negotiations for months on a bill to replace No Child Left Behind, which President Barack Obama signed into law this week. Getting a new federal education law was hard enough, given the many warring constituencies involved. With the exit of the speaker — a key supporter — lawmakers' plans were again jeopardized.
But then came Paul Ryan.
The new speaker wanted to bring more old-fashioned legislating to the House....