Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

America COMPETES

Scott McLeod

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Both Will

Richardson

and Andrew

Pass

blogged about tonight’s conversation with Senator Lamar Alexander regarding

the proposed America COMPETES legislation. I will be participating in that

conference call too. FYI, here’s the complete list of ‘edubloggers’ who are participating:

Alliance for School Choice

Irrelevant

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