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Jeanne Allen: Parents should have power on education

October 21, 2020

For years, measures like the Nation’s Report Card [[link removed]] have assessed educational opportunity in America. Long story short: Our scores are abysmal, and our children are falling further and further behind both national and international norms.

Now enter covid-19. The pandemic has put this ugly truth on display for all to see. Parents, grandparents and concerned

adults are seeing for themselves, on a daily basis, what passes for “education” in the United States. More and more, they’re realizing that their ability to educate their kids depends on a limited, finite and often deficient set of offerings. The light bulbs above their heads are turning on as they discover that educational opportunities are dictated by ZIP code...

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