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Opinion: Creating bipartisan education reform - Thomas H. Kean - POLITICO.com

Opinion: Creating bipartisan education reform - Thomas H. Kean - POLITICO.com

Creating bipartisan education reform

Young men sit in a community college math class.
The program's goal is to help an additional Americans earn college degrees and certificates. | AP PhotoClose

The outcome of the midterm elections shows how distraught voters have become with Washington politics, where almost every issue is pitched into a partisan battle between parties and competing ideologies.

Fortunately, the administration has an opportunity to show leadership and demonstrate a desire for bipartisan solutions with the new Congress by focusing on President Barack Obama’s American Graduation Initiative. This program, whose goal is to help an additional five million Americans earn college degrees and certificates in the next decade, can strengthen the U.S.



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