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Michael Bennet: A failing school is like a school on fire. You don't run the firefighting through a bureaucracy in Washington.

On the recordFebruary 22, 2016
A failing school is like a school on fire. You don't run the firefighting through a bureaucracy in Washington.
Said by
Michael Bennet
Democratic · Colorado

Editor's note · Context

Bennet compares failing schools to emergencies needing immediate action, not bureaucratic delays.

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