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Tim Walberg: “A student's zip code should not sentence that student to a failing school.”

On the recordMay 13, 2015
A student's zip code should not sentence that student to a failing school.
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Tim Walberg
Republican · Michigan

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Walberg advocates for educational equity regardless of location.

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