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17. That was the mistake I made

Sat Mar 24, 2012, 07:52 PM

Mar 2012

my Daughter fell victim to "no child left behind" because it didn't occur to me to hire a graduate student to do her work.

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Cheating our children: Suspicious school test scores across the nation [View all] Julian Englis Mar 2012 OP

Wait, it's more complicated than that. uberblonde Mar 2012 #3

that was bound to happen. PatrynXX Mar 2012 #2

Lie Your Way To Success - Everybody's doing it! socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #4

Yup. Trickle down cheating starts at the top echelons of this country, avaistheone1 Mar 2012 #19

Cheating is the new American Way. fasttense Mar 2012 #21

When your community's school will be shut down otherwise bhikkhu Mar 2012 #25

districts have been cheating on tests for years... Sancho Mar 2012 #5

No more school "tests". Trillo Mar 2012 #6

Everyone saw this coming with Bush's NCLB ed killer. nt valerief Mar 2012 #12

Sure, but Obama, et al made the situation exponentially more disastrous.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #14

How did he make the states' ed policies more disastrous? valerief Mar 2012 #24

In this fashion: Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #27

Thanks. nt valerief Mar 2012 #31

I think the wrong people have his ear... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #28

Can't hurt to hope. But he sure is off to a slow start. ( Paraphrasing.... Smarmie Doofus Mar 2012 #30

He is. That's part of the reason why I am glad... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #32

...where all the children are above average enki23 Mar 2012 #9

You used to get thrown out of school for cheating CanonRay Mar 2012 #10

"Change is good." Igel Mar 2012 #23

Good one... YvonneCa Mar 2012 #29

Atlanta is motivated to spread the blame. kwassa Mar 2012 #13

If they used it to identify best teaching styles socialindependocrat Mar 2012 #26

Well, now... chervilant Mar 2012 #15

Thank you. nt Mnemosyne Mar 2012 #18

I'm not sure about "cheating our children" Enrique Mar 2012 #16

That was the mistake I made Turbineguy Mar 2012 #17

And where is the analysis of the accuracy of voting results? underpants Mar 2012 #20