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Obama presses for longer school years
Posted: 09.27.2010 at 5:59 PM
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President Barack Obama is interviewed on the NBC "Today Show" and broadcast to an audience in New York at the NBC News' "Education Nation" Summit on Monday, Sept. 27, 2010.  / AP Photo
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Barely into the new school year, President Barack Obama issued a tough-love message to students and teachers on Monday: Their year in the classroom should be longer, and poorly performing teachers should get out.

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