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  • GOP’s 19-Year-Old ‘Rising Star’ Says School Choice Will Help Close Achievement Gap

    In the state of Maine, you’re more likely to bump into a Democrat or Independent than a Republican, so being a black Republican and living in a town that has not elected a Republican state representative in decades, I understand what it’s like to be in the minority. But being in the minority didn’t stand…

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    Lee Jackson






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    May 16, 2014
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