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Re: [spiers] Education

John,

After reading the school quality debate in which you are involved I saw the
following in the CSM

LINK: http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0601/p01s01-ussc.html?s=hns
A local rebellion over who gets a diploma
By Sara Miller Llana | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

BOSTON - For students in Massachusetts, MCAS can be a four-letter word. It's the
state's high school exit exam, and the rule is simple: If you don't pass it, you
don't get a diploma.
But the mayor of New Bedford, Scott Lang, is threatening to disobey that policy
by granting diplomas to students June 15, even if they fail the standardized
test. In so doing, he's testing the state's will to withhold district funds for
breaking regulations. And he's reviving a debate over education reform that's
simmering in other states, too...(MORE)

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