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Article: Duncan makes it official; Schools top agenda as run for governor is announced.(METROPOLITAN)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- October 21, 2005
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Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Montgomery County Executive Douglas M. Duncan used his announcement yesterday for a run for Maryland governor to say he will focus on education to come from behind in the polls and win the Democratic nomination.
"Schools are the key," said Mr. Duncan, standing outside the home on Van Fleet Court in Rockville in which his parents raised him and 12 siblings. "If you have good schools, good jobs will come."
Mr. Duncan vowed to improve public schools in every part of the state. But he directed much of his criticism toward the Baltimore city system, which nearly went bankrupt two years ago on the watch of Mayor ...