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Democrats can rebuild trust on education by combining the best of centrist and progressive ideas to improve K-12 outcomes.

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Centrist and progressive Democrats can’t stop fighting over how to fix America’s crisis-ridden K-12 schools. Truth is, each side has part of the answer.

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Trump Strikes Syria

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