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    • 04 Mar 09
    • 2:44 am

    I absolutely agree that the No Child Left Behind act has plagued our city schools even more than before, but where do you start? More importantly, HOW do you start? Chicago is closing schools left and right that are failing and relocating kids to charter schools that may perform better than the failing schools. As a teacher in training, I am not seeing any improvements in teacher education. Some of my classes are taught by those who have never taught before and it seems to perpetuate the problem. How do you define better teachers? How do you produce better teachers? And …

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