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On the recordMay 17, 2016
The problem wasn't money, because each rural district got about the same per pupil, but what they were seeing, again, were very different outcomes.
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Lisa Murkowski
Republican · Alaska

Editor's note · Context

Discusses a court case highlighting that funding alone does not guarantee educational success.

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