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Muriel Dorsey, 19, tells us how her high school debate team gave her the academic prowess necessary to succeed in college. More
Architect Graham Wyatt designed a building in CT where students can immerse themselves in the study of environmental science. More
We talked to Diane Ravitch, an education historian with a rock star following, after her panel with Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach For America. More
Fiona O'Carroll of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Ted Mitchell of the New Schools Venture Fund, and Gary Huggins of the Aspen Institute's Commission on No More
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