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Disempowered teachers a problem for schools

Re: “Schools emerge as a key subject” (Page A1, Jan. 19).

The story on how gubernatorial candidates would address public schools’ underachievement can be distilled into two “solutions,” neither of which really works: 1) Democrats propose spending more money on school programs, while 2) Republicans blame teachers and want charter schools to replace ineffective public schools.