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The speech Obama should give to help him win - The Answer Sheet - The Washington Post

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The speech Obama should give to help him win

Many of the nation’s more than 3 million teachers are unhappy with Obama administration school reform policies that they believe are using them as scapegoats for problems in failing schools.
Both the National Education Association and the American Federation
(LARRY DOWNING/REUTERS)
of Teachers — the two teachers unions with, collectively, more than 3 million members — have endorsed Obama because they see important differences between the Democratic and Republican investment in public education. But many teachers are unhappy with the president’s 



How Democrats have changed on school reform

You can track the changes in the way the Democratic Party views school reform and the role poverty plays in student achievement by looking at the education sections of party platforms in previous election years and comparing it to the one that was approved Tuesday.
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