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Reformist Tide Rises for Alabama Schools

By Quin Hillyer
Wednesday, April 10 2013

Alabama this year has been the locus of two major battles over education policy, both with national implications. These fights merit close attention. First, in what even strong supporters of school choice (myself included) acknowledged was a sneak attack on February 28, the state legislature’s Republican leadership suddenly substituted in conference committee a massive school choice bill in place of a far narrower bill promising a well-circumscribed degree of local school “flexibility.” Within hours, the new bill had been pushed through conference committees and both legislative…

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