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Re:Life as a public school teacher in the San Francisco Bay ... by lalaland1125 on Sunday June 20, 2021 @04:11AM (#27568120)
This was the explicit and intended result of No Child Left Behind.

Schools were only given incentives to make kids pass, not to help them excel.

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Re:Life as a public school teacher in the San Francisco Bay ... by ethbr0 on Monday June 21, 2021 @06:45PM (#27585528)
If we're being honest, no one was willing to work at or fund helping kids excel. It's just too huge of a problem.
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