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Lamar Alexander: “We wanted the public to know what our 50 million students in 100,000 public schools--how they were doing and how the…”

On the recordJune 4, 2018
We wanted the public to know what our 50 million students in 100,000 public schools--how they were doing and how the schools are doing.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Stressing the need for transparency in student performance and school accountability.

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