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Instead of calling these schools "underperforming," the Board of Education is considering labeling them as "Commonwealth priority," to avoid poisoning teacher and student morale. -
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Everyone involved in education policy claims to be on the side of students, yet I quickly learned that the needs of my students fell quite low on the school?s priority list. Nearly six years into the No Child Left Behind era, American public schools have more money than ever, but students are still widely denied the most crucial tools for their success: individual attention and specialized support. -
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* New York State commits educational malpractice with its shoddy tests of student writing. * New York City compounds the damage by misusing the results. -
1voteChancellor Joel Klein and Mayor Mike Bloomberg have been misusing standardized tests to make important decisions about students' futures. Even the testmakers and the State deparment of education think that these tests should not be used for high stakes as they are in New York City public schools.
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