03/09/2011
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"Well, what's the base?"
"One legislative proposal that would address several of our recommendations is Senator Jack Reed's Teacher and Principal Improvement Act."
"I think we have to do more in terms of neighborhood funding."
"We took the approach that unless we stabilize the entire system, put a floor in, and then begin to see them sort of work out their problems, we were going to collapse."