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Common Core
December 27, 2017
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Diane Ravitch
Settling for Scores
Why are schools still judged by the results of standardized tests?
June 16, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Progressive Case for Teaching Shakespeare
October 30, 2013
Blaine Greteman
Federal Bureaucrats Declare 'Hunger Games' More Complex Than 'The Grapes of Wrath'
The Common Core's absurd new reading guidelines
October 22, 2013
Nora Caplan-Bricker
Maya Angelou and Judy Blume Are Wrong About Childhood Reading
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