After she graduated, a friend suggested she try to establish the first public school in the state of New Jersey.

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Goals for what public schools should teach are set by state and local school boards.

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The state require sa minimum I. Q of 80 to attend public school.

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In this position, I have been able to have a hand in affecting necessary change in our school district while advocating for public education and public school teachers at the local, state, and national levels.

WHITEHOUSE: Transforming Communities through Public Education

He has been going around the country for the past two years, talking to parents, talking to state school chiefs, talking to governors, in addition to his experience as the CEO of the Chicago public school system.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Another, from 1982, invalidated a Washington state measure that prohibited assignment of public school pupils to attain racially balanced campus enrollments.

WSJ: Supreme Court to Hear Michigan Affirmative-Action Case