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Mark Takano: Despite the soaring rhetoric, ESSA is not a blank check to states and districts.

On the recordJuly 17, 2017
Despite the soaring rhetoric, ESSA is not a blank check to states and districts.
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Mark Takano
Democratic · California

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Takano emphasizes that ESSA provides flexibility but with necessary regulations.

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