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Avila & Ponce: Presidential Candidates Need a Primer on What’s Really Wrong With Our Public Schools. Our Education Platform Can Help

By Layla Avila & Ana Ponce

February 2, 2020

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Layla Avila is the CEO of Education Leaders of Color

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Dr. Ana Ponce is the former CEO of Camino Nuevo Charter Academy and current executive director of the nonprofit, grant-making education organization Great Public Schools Now.

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                <p class="sans">By <a rel="author" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/layla-avila/">Layla Avila</a> & <a rel="author" href="https://www.the74million.org/contributor/ana-ponce/">Ana Ponce</a></p>

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