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      More Tests Please

      Posted by okami

      No Child Left Behind has created the wrong kind of debate about testing. Given the lack of new funding, many states are jiggering their tests to obscure the failure of poorly performing schools and undermining the accountability that was the core goal of the program. Others are attempting to opt out of the program altogether. The process is wasteful, confusing to students, and fails to produce the information that education enterprises badly need to ensure continuous improvement in what they do

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      School ties and investing

      Posted by SoxFirst

      Mutual fund managers invest more money in companies that are run by people with whom they went to college or graduate school than in companies where they have no such connections. The interesting part is that these investments do better than the other investments. That might be evidence of insider trading.

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    2 2 = Jesus rode a dinosaur

    **** relgion the lie of redemption that started in 1250bc

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    SoxFirst

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    Leon Gettler is a blogger and senior business journalist at The Age, specializing on management issues. His latest book, Organisations Behaving Badly focuses on the forces that lead smart executives into making dumb decisions.

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