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Student Voice: Teaching Students to the Test


Student governments are essentially party planners, making decisions on prom decor and homecoming floats but with no power over curriculum, coursework, or the pace of of learning. This system continues to fail millions of high school students. Four reforms will help transform the outdated education system.


Teaching Students to the Test





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