“President Obama laid out his education agenda in a well-received speech this week that had him siding, in the main, with school reformers. He called for higher standards, more charter schools, merit pay, increased accountability and eliminating bad teachers. The question is whether and how Mr. Obama will back up his ambitious rhetoric.”

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