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Ruth Ann Minner

Our promise to our children should be this: if you do well in school, we will pay for you to obtain a college degree.

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Ruth Ann Minner is saying that parents or society should guarantee financial support for college if children succeed academically. This means doing well in school is directly linked to receiving help to pay for higher education.

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