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Education secretary: Schools have been lying to students
School systems across the country have been misleading students and parents into thinking they are ready for college, the Secretary of Education said Sunday. Arne Duncan told ABC’s Christiane Amanpour that the Obama administration’s Race to the Top program had reversed the trend of schools lowering standards. “What we’ve done…
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