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Op-Ed: Standardized tests don’t help us evaluate teachers
Holding teachers and schools accountable is important, but the means should be accurate and fair. Los Angeles Times

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Cops probing motive behind fatal stabbing of 3 boys inside SUV
LA police detectives are trying to determine the motives of a man suspected of fatally stabbing his three young sons inside an SUV in South LA. City News Service

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Teachers wanted: Passion a must, patience required, pay negligible
Low salaries and the emotional drain of teaching at a high-poverty school make hiring an annual and exhausting task for one dedicated principal. Hechinger Report

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Rep. John Kline is still optimistic on No Child Left Behind rewrite this year
Congress has not launched a conference committee to reconcile differences between the House and Senate revisions of No Child Left Behind. Washington Post

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A first day of school spent in limbo instead of in class
For some families, the beginning of the city’s school year was a day of uncertainty, of waiting in line and handing over documents, of pleading. New York Times

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Empty classes, no talks as Seattle schools stalemate continues
As school was canceled for a second day Thursday, negotiators for the Seattle school district and its teachers union remained far apart on teacher pay. Seattle Times