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The next president had many school choices; Will he provide similar opportunities for others?

Publication: Education Next
Publication Date: 22-SEP-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The next president had many school choices; Will he provide similar opportunities for others?(Editorial)

Article Excerpt
Not since Abraham Lincoln have we had a president with as unusual an early education as the one experienced by the man who will take office on January 20, 2009. John McCain and Barack Obama each had considerably more formal schooling than "Honest Abe," who spent only a few months in a one-room schoolhouse in his childhood. But the oddities of their educational experiences exceed even those of Teddy Roosevelt, the only other contender for this honor. (Though home schoolers may claim TR as their own, he was actually tutored by paid professionals.)

McCain apparently attended some 20 schools, including military...

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