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Patty Murray: “I want to, by the way, touch on a common misconception on this topic. Identifying struggling schools is not intended to…”

On the recordJanuary 24, 2018
I want to, by the way, touch on a common misconception on this topic. Identifying struggling schools is not intended to punish or embarrass those schools.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray clarifies the purpose of identifying struggling schools under ESSA.

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