In the August issue of Education Outlook, Frederick M. Hess looks at mayoral control of troubled, urban school systems.

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In his new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, AEI's Charles Murray focuses on four simple, hard truths that are rarely discussed or even acknowledged by educators and politicians.

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