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Train the teachers, stupid!

July 23, 2010 John

When Bill Clinton dashed George Bush senior’s hopes of a second presidential term in 1992, he did so by focusing, not on foreign policy (the recently fought war to retrieve Kuwait from Saddam Hussein), but on the economy: ‘It’s the economy, stupid!’ was the phrase that caught it in a nutshell.In 2010, we’re still wrestling… Continue reading Train the teachers, stupid!

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