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President’s Comment: The Challenge of Inequality and the Future of Education Research

I recently spoke to the American Educational Research Association about the Foundation’s focus on building, testing, and improving understanding of programs, policies, and practices to reduce inequality in youth outcomes:

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May 4, 2016

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