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Learning Curve 

Opinion: We can’t fix Virginia's schools by threatening the people who work there.

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For several decades now — at least since President George H. W. Bush's 1989 summit at the University of Virginia — it has become common practice for governors across America to anoint themselves as education governors. In practice, this usually led…

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