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Ed Dept, Civil Rights Leaders Discuss Reform

Associated Press

Eight civil rights organizations, including the NAACP, contend in a document released Monday the Education Department is promoting ineffective approaches for failing schools. They also claim the $4.35 billion "Race to the Top" grant competition — a program with a goal of spurring innovative reform in states — leaves out many minority students.

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