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Tom Harkin: To demand reform without resources is to set up students and teachers to fail.

On the recordJuly 26, 2011
To demand reform without resources is to set up students and teachers to fail.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin emphasizes the need for resources to support educational reforms.

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