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Bob Schaffer: the expectation level of accountability and the immediacy of a response is far quicker, and greater, and more precise…

On the recordFebruary 15, 2012
the expectation level of accountability and the immediacy of a response is far quicker, and greater, and more precise, and more meaningful when we move authority actually away from Washington and back to the neighborhood.
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Bob Schaffer

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Schaffer argues for local control over education accountability for better results.

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