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Comrade Citizen

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2. A different era

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Mon Mar 24, 2025, 11:34 AM

Mar 24

Texas Rep Jack Brooks led the House effort to establish the Department of Education, sponsoring H.R.2444 in 1979.
Now Texas is defunding its public schools and giving vouchers to private schools.
Public schools have already been closed throughout the state.

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