The Blue Blog

RJ’s writing can be found at: http://vellarya.edublogs.org/2006/02/02/washington-post-comment/
 

Response to RJ’s Washington Post Comment
 
            RJ’s description of the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) on his blog caught my interest as I was browsing the recent entries everyone has made.  While much of the article deals with the numbers and statistics of the achievement tests in schools with [...]

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The article can be found at: http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/02/02/education.reform.reut/
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After the No Child Left Behind Act was passed, MEAP testing continued as normal at the elementary school where I attended third through fifth grades and where my mother has worked since I was born.  However, after the last round of testing, the school day could not [...]

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