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Sen. Barack Obama speaks during a town hall discussion on education in the library at Granby High School in Norfolk, Va., on Sept. 10.
Candidates debate path to education reform
Beyond the notion that the United States must improve its public elementary and secondary school systems, there is little that John McCain and Barack Obama agree upon in terms of the federal government's role in doing so. Full story
Saul Loeb / AFP - Getty Images file
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