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16 Years After No Child Left Behind: 10 Reasons Why Accountability Still Matters

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) and U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings walk out of the U.S. Department of Education. (Jay L. Clendenin-Pool/Getty Images)

January 3, 2018

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