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Barbara Boxer: “Absolutely. I am talking about quality schools for 100 percent of the children, and I think the chart behind the Senator…”

On the recordSeptember 30, 1997
Absolutely. I am talking about quality schools for 100 percent of the children, and I think the chart behind the Senator from Massachusetts explains the situation: Restructure the whole school; foster world-class instruction; extend the school day; enhance family centered learning. I talked about after school. Senator Carol Moseley-Braun talks about fixing the crumbling schools. This is what we ought to be doing, not surrendering and giving these dollars to private institutions, some of them that are going to be totally untested, I say to my friend.
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Barbara Boxer
Democratic · California

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Discussing the need for quality education and school reform.

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