The war felt far away then—an abstraction to analyze—its consequences filtered through spreadsheets and financial models.
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Pandu Sjahrir,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
The department, aided by the hiring of a new state superintendent in November 2013, began to take a more active role than in the past in marshaling resources, support, and administrative authority to make sure the changes embodied in law actually filtered down to students in the classroom.
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