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If we trust parents to choose child care for their children, and we trust them to help their children choose a college to attend – and both those systems have been so successful – why do we not also trust them to choose the best elementary or high school for their children?

Lamar Alexander

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Lamar Alexander
Age: 84
Born: 1940
Born: July 3
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