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Education reform is the process of improving public education. Small improvements in education theoretically have large social returns, in health, wealth and well-being.
Read More at Wikipedia ›At North Valley Academy in the heart of Idaho's dairy country, a typical school day might seem like an over-the-top Fourth of July celebration elsewhere.
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