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Tom Harkin: A stagnation of educational attainments... threatens the Nation's prosperity.

On the recordMarch 7, 2012
A stagnation of educational attainments... threatens the Nation's prosperity.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa

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Harkin warns that educational stagnation among low-income youth endangers national prosperity.

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