Roundup: Education fight next
* President Obama is getting Congress ready to change the No Child Left Behind education law. He sent a blueprint of his plan to Congress Monday, CNN reports. Many advocacy groups are expected to weigh in on how to improve schools.
* Whether you agree with the tea partyers, they have made reading and abiding by the Constitution in vogue, the New York Times writes. An advocate says liberals need a constitutional narrative of their own in response.
* An Islamic advocacy group is urging activists around the world to stop protesting President Obama's trip to Indonesia, a majority Muslim country, next week. CNS News reports that rallies are being held in Jakarta to criticize the U.S. wars and Israel policies.
* House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) could use a "self-executing rule" to pass health care without requiring a vote on the Senate bill, the Washington Post writes. House Democrats would only have to vote on fixes to the bill.
-- Ambreen Ali, Congress.org
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