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John Tierney: You sort of took a bypass on the system and said, 'We will set up a parallel system.'

On the recordJune 3, 2009
You sort of took a bypass on the system and said, 'We will set up a parallel system.'
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John Tierney
Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Tierney criticizes the establishment of a parallel education system instead of improving existing schools.

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