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Duncan to Spend Billions to ‘Transform’ U.S. Schools (Bloomberg) Posted: 16 Apr 2009 12:28 PM PDT Bloomberg - April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan plans to spend a record $5 billion to transform U.S. schools by rewarding states for innovation, providing merit pay to teachers and creating a national scorecard to identify failing schools.

Obama Stance Against School Vouchers Fuels Close-to-Home Debate (Bloomberg) Posted: 14 Apr 2009 09:00 PM PDT Bloomberg - April 15 (Bloomberg) -- A new law cutting off taxpayer- funded private education for poor children in Washington is shutting five-year-old Marquis Greene out of a school where his sisters have thrived.

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