Montana takes on Duncan, may loose federal funding if Duncan doesn't step up and deliver

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Montana 'At A Point Of No Return' For No Child Left Behind Compliance

When it comes to education, Montana is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

Faced with potentially losing federal funding after publicly challenging No Child Left Behind's student performance mandates, Montana's education chief Denise Juneau is now in discussions with the Department of Education in search of compromise, she told The Huffington Post Friday.

The conflict began after Juneau, Montana's State Superintendent for Public Instruction, decided she'd had enough of federal policies and incentives that require extensive data collection and reporting, which she said had paralyzed her small office.