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Let’s do what we can to keep great teachers in the classroom

by Christopher Lyddy March 23, 2011 @ 12:00 amMarch 4, 2022 @ 10:13 pm

How well we educate our youth is a true measure of how well we are, or are not, investing in the future of our state and country. That is why during these difficult economic times, we must not simply cry foul about the things that are wrong with our system, but instead look to what […]

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