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Obama ducks commenting on controversial proposal for Milwaukee public school system

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The President’s education speech in Madison yesterday focused on what states need to do to qualify for a share of federal funding through the “Race to the Top” program.But the President made no mention of a hotly debated plan to let Milwaukee’s mayor take over that city’s struggling schools.Shawn Johnson reports…

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