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Tom Harkin: We have to build on the successes of No Child Left Behind.

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
We have to build on the successes of No Child Left Behind.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

Editor's note · Context

Emphasizing the need to improve education policies.

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