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Old 11-18-2013, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by MS Fowler View Post
Agree--Maryland has continually ranked very high in those metrics, but it's because the teachers are supervised to teach to the test. Education here is not poor, but the real level is masked by the tests and the preparing of the students.
As someone related to and friends to many teachers in Maryland I can tell you that most want to quit because of the pressure these types of curriculum place on them.

One, a good friend of mine has been teaching for 30 years. Recent changes in curriculum requirements made him decide this was his last year.
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