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At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though he has done so in entirely incorrect terms: Duncan's solution to solving the problem of low-graduation-rate teams and big achievement-gap teams is to punish the institutions who have the sagging numbers by simply banning them from post-season play.
Rumors and Rants McD 2010
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At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though he has done so in entirely incorrect terms: Duncan's solution to solving the problem of low-graduation-rate teams and big achievement-gap teams is to punish the institutions who have the sagging numbers by simply banning them from post-season play.
Rumors and Rants McD 2010
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At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though he has done so in entirely incorrect terms: Duncan's solution to solving the problem of low-graduation-rate teams and big achievement-gap teams is to punish the institutions who have the sagging numbers by simply banning them from post-season play.
Rumors and Rants McD 2010
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Marty Looney, on the other hand has bucked the typical democratic position and has been very strong on education and supporting achievement-gap closing schools.
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Meanwhile, a new class of reformers has stepped forward and joined the achievement-gap battle, bringing fresh ideas with them: charter schools, merit pay, data-based performance assessments, expanded learning time, to name a few.
Democracy Journal Elbert Ventura 2010
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At least he has the balls to take on a major issue, though he has done so in entirely incorrect terms: Duncan's solution to solving the problem of low-graduation-rate teams and big achievement-gap teams is to punish the institutions who have the sagging numbers by simply banning them from post-season play.
Rumors and Rants McD 2010
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Meeting the goals would bring the district in line with state achievement-gap averages.
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Sen. Steve Bryles, D-Blytheville, said much of the achievement-gap funding originated earlier in the decade when additional poverty-based, perstudent funding was endorsed by the Legislature.
unknown title 2009
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"zone_info": "huffpost. premium/blog; nickname = leonie-haimson; entry_id = 255802; achievement-gap = 1; arne-duncan = 1; embarassment = 1; graduation-rates = 1; mayor-bloomberg = 1; naep = 1; ny-post = 1; rupert-murdoch = 1",
Leonie Haimson: Arne Duncan Has Become an Embarrassment 2009
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