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Eleanor Holmes Norton: “You said that--and I am quoting from you, and I am interested in this, because the ostensible reason for the program was…”

On the recordMay 13, 2015
You said that--and I am quoting from you, and I am interested in this, because the ostensible reason for the program was to help the lowest-achieving students in the worst schools in the District of Columbia.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton questions the effectiveness of a program aimed at helping low-achieving students.

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