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On the recordApril 27, 2010
I always thought the cure for that, though, was just to establish a rating system and say, like you do in football, there is Division 1, 2, and 3, and just tell the people of Tennessee, they are playing in Division 3, and they would very quickly be embarrassed into Division 1.
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Lamar Alexander
Republican · Tennessee

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Lamar Alexander discusses improving Tennessee's education standards through a rating system.

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