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Before Their Time

December 15, 1999 1 min read
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In 1959, the National Education Association asked the nation’s governors to prophesy about education at the dawn of the new millennium. Below are excerpts from some of those leaders.

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A version of this article appeared in the December 15, 1999 edition of Education Week as Before Their Time

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