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U. S. Department of Education
Richard W. Riley
Secretary
Office of the Under Secretary
Marshall S. Smith
Under Secretary
Planning and Evaluation Service
Alan L. Ginsburg
Director
Elementary and Secondary Education Division
Valena Plisko
Director
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Hope for Urban Education: A Study of Nine High-Performing, High-Poverty, Urban Elementary Schools
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