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A panel of city officials and education and workforce experts last week called for a “national will” and a commitment from candidates for office at every level to eliminate disparities in education that block access to the American dream.
 
The call for national action came at a two-hour roundtable discussion on “Jobs and the American Dream: Eliminating Disparities in Education for Employment,” sponsored by the National League of Cities, the City of Orlando, Fla., Valencia Community College and WMFE-TV, the Orlando area public television station.
 
The roundtable was the second in a series of public policy discussions focusing on key challenges outlined in the NLC Advisory Council’s Report, “Divided We Fall: Inequality and the Future of America’s Cities and Towns.”  As a result of that report, NLC President Charles Lyons, selectman from Arlington, Mass., has called on cities and towns across the country to join the National League of Cities in a campaign to resurrect the American dream.
 
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