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Awards ceremonies should really not exist for people whose efforts — essentially play-acting — already are rewarded in such an exaggerated, overblown fashion.
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This inexorable grinding away at the educational attainment of the child from the impoverished background becomes quickly tantamount to the erasure, the denial of the American dream. Continue Reading

There is no doubt that “A Nation at Risk” is the loudest report to which educators have ever had to listen. And we’ve been listening to it now for 30 years.
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One sequesters a jury. One sequesters someone’s assets in order to pay off a debt. Just how a mandated cut in projected federal spending can be considered sequestration is puzzling.
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Good teachers shown to add earning power to students; poor teachers have opposite effect. Continue Reading