A Governor's Legacy: Solid Record on Education
Gov. Ned McWherter is leaving the Tennessee Governor's mansion this week, but it appears that the school-reform movement that he led during his two terms will stick around.
"I think everyone feels good about the direction Tennessee education is going, and it looks like we will continue in that direction," said Beth Fortune, the press secretary for Don Sundquist, the Republican who will succeed Mr. McWherter, a Democrat who could not run for a third term under state law.
Indeed, observers from across Tennessee's political spectrum praise Mr....
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