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Harvard Professor: Investments In Teaching, Early Childhood Translate To Student Success

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Hannah Meisel

Published April 28, 2014 at 5:58 PM CDT

Education is among the top issues being debated this spring, as lawmakers consider changing the way schools are funded in Illinois. Republicans and Democrats alike agree that something must be done as the state moves into the future.

WUIS/Illinois Public Radio recently caught up with Dr. Paul Reville, an education expert from Harvard University. Reville was an architect of Massachusetts' school reform in the 1990's, and was in Springfield to share his knowledge on overhauling education.