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Mathieu Plourde

As Testing Continues, More Parents Opting Kids Out - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 17 Apr 13
     
    The 'Opt Out' Movement among parents seems to picks up steam in direct proportion to how enthusiastically President Barack Obama and his U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan embrace standardized testing. The most recent attempt to subvert the testing system was in Seattle, where over 600 high school students declined to take the standardized test [...]
Mathieu Plourde

Free digital-textbook project drives down cost of college - 0 views

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  • Mathieu Plourde on 01 May 13
     
    A state-funded project to create low-cost digital textbooks for community-college courses has saved students about $5 million in just a few years, advocates say.
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