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Halloween Events in Schools

talfonso @talfonso (246) • United States 20 Oct 11

I was lucky to attend a school (The Forum School, which educates mostly autistics like me), where Halloween events are tolerated. We march around the school in a happy costume parade and had dances in the gymnasium, all festooned...

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Frustrated with standarized testing

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 16 Feb 11

Kathryn is in second grade and is eight years old. She was marked by her school as being gifted in kindergarten. This year we had her tested for acceptance into the county's gifted and talented cluster. She failed the test, but is...

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Our 6th grader doesn't even know what the Civil War was!!!!

mehale @mehale (2200) • United States 12 Oct 09

With so much importance placed on these standardized tests that is all the teachers and schools are focusing on teaching now days. How is this preparing the

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MAP testing

lilybug @lilybug (21107) • United States 1 Apr 09

My son's school started doing the MAP testing yesterday. It goes the rest of this week and all of next week. They are testing 3 hours every morning. Anyone else have a child doing MAP testing?

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LSAT scores

hoopgurl333 @hoopgurl333 (67) • United States 26 Jun 08

I'm taking the LSAT in the Fall and was curious if any of you have taken it and the score you recieved??

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No Child Left Behind ---- a boon for children or for the publishers of tests??

MaryAnn1067 @MaryAnn1067 (21) • United States 24 Aug 07

Should children be allowed to learn in an unstructured environment which will allow them to develop/learn at their own pace or is it better, do you think, that they should have to pass certain standardized tests at various points...

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