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A scientific-sounding buzzword for “public relations.”

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Values vetted; deception disabled; grab grounded.

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Hurricane Katrina wiped out the New Orleans public schools. It also created a rare chance to build a system that might solve the biggest problem in urban education — how to teach disadvantaged children.

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