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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why is Advance Illinois still running corporate reform?

Schooling in the Ownership Society: Why is Advance Illinois still running corporate reform?:


Why is Advance Illinois still running corporate reform?

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Bill Daley, writing in Crain's on behalf of his powerful Advance Illinois corporate reform pals, bemoans the state's flat test score performance and lack of college readiness.
The single most reliable indicator of long-term success is whether a child can read proficiently by third or fourth grade. Just 33 percent of all Illinois students, 12 percent of African-American, 18 percent of