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Lamar Alexander: there are -- the answer is ask a question: is the senator from tennessee aware that when they surveyed the 1,700 students after three years in the d.c. voucher program tha there was no improvement among male students? mr. alexander: i'mot going to get into a detailed analysis with the senator. i'll just say this.

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Lamar Alexander: my view of american education is that we should give parents and students the opportunity to choose among the schools they go to. and if there are four tim many children and parents who apply for this program as can be accepted, that would indicate to me that these parents and these families and these children think this is an opportunity

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improve their lives and i their future. mr. durbin: i would like to ask the senator from tennessee if he feels that we should hold those voucher schools accountable in terms of whether they are improving the education of the students who are sent to them with federal mr. alexander: of should. mr. durbin: i would ask the