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"Generally, children who are retained never catch up," said school board member Freda Williams. "They get the same curriculum again. If there are other challenges the child is facing, and they are not addressed, the child is held back for no good gain."

One speaker said he could trace his ancestors back to the Mayflower and said “they did not arrive holding their hands out for help.”

“I am a proud right wing terrorist,” he declared to cheers.

Herger praised the man’s attitude.

“Amen, God bless you,” Herger said with a broad smile. “There is a great American.”

the difference between the haves and have nots, between education and disinfotainment, is not a matter of hardware or software or even (entirely) of being able to afford access to the Web. The most important critical uncertainty today is how many of us learn to use digital media and networks effectively, reasonably, credibly, collaboratively, civilly, humanely.

General warnings about films being inaccurate proved
about as useful as no warning at all.

In contrast, norm-referenced tests (NRTs) are made to compare test takers to each other.

On a standardized CRT (one taken by students in many schools), the passing or "cut-off" score is usually set by a committee of experts, while in a classroom the teacher sets the passing score.