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While the real Super Bowl hopefuls are battling on the field, we look at the battles for high-quality education in the teams’ hometowns. This week we preview Minnesota vs Dallas, which is as hot as a billy goat in a pepper patch; you’ll have to watch the video to find out why. And don’t miss last week’s video in our video archive.
If you enjoyed Andy Smarick’s article on the fallacy of school turnarounds then you’ll want to watch this Education Next video in which he and Mike Petrilli discuss the issue.

We had an informative and lively discussion yesterday at our Washington DC event about the future of charters, vouchers, and school choice in general. Missed it? Want to relive the lively debate among our four panelists? You can watch the event video online or watch it on TV: C-SPAN will broadcast our panel discussion at 12:30pm EST today on C-SPAN 2, and will make the video available on the C-SPAN website after that.


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Check out our long-overdue “The Accountability Illusion” event video. You can read the full report here. Don’t forget to check out our “Fix That Failing School” video game!