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U.S. Department Of Education Tries To Put Lipstick On A Pig

The U.S. Department Of Education just released a report titled “Impact in Place: A Progress Report on the Department of Education’s Place-Based Strategy.”
Except for an incomprehensible and fairly useless section on the use of data, it’s actually a fairly decent report on how schools can connect with local neighborhoods and community groups to better serve students.
Unfortunately, apart from the Adminstration’s laudable, though limited, effort to replicate Harlem Children Zones (I