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NOPE! The usual suspects of endless blame are not the reason poor academic math results in American public schools. In fact, a...

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About 15 years ago, I attended weekly central administrator meetings as an elementary program supervisor in a large urban Texas school...

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The other night I was watching the latest release of ESPN’s 30 for 30 – a remarkable and interesting documentary series highlighting...

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