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Are our schools really failing?

We hear so often that the schools are failing that we begin to believe such claims.

Recently the media reported that 42% of America’s public schools are failing. The newscasters, however, did not look behind the curtain to see the larger picture. Children are more than tests and statistics.

When the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (aka No Child Left Behind or NCLB) of 2002 was re-authorized, the aim was to help all pubic school students succeed. Translated, this means that by 2014 ALL public school students – 100% – must pass their state tests in reading and mathematics in order for the...

 

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