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It is the first time anyone eighth-grade and down has ever touched a new textbook.

Dale Bledsoe, a schools superintendent in Oklahoma, where teachers went on statewide strike this spring to protest education funding.

Dale Bledsoe, a schools superintendent in Oklahoma, where teachers went on statewide strike this spring to protest education funding.

Caroline Cournoyer is GOVERNING's senior web editor.
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