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Last year, Obama indicated a willingness to approach school choice with an open mind: "Let's see if the experiment works," he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.(The Week)(Brief article)

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Last year, Obama indicated a willingness to approach school choice with an open mind: "Let's see if the experiment works," he told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. On April 3, Obama's Department of Education released new findings on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which grants vouchers to about 1,700 low-income students in Washington. The reading scores of participants improved compared with those of their peers. Moreover, parents reported a high degree of satisfaction with their children's ...

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