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By Jamie Gass & Charles Chieppo Read this op-ed in The American Conservative We are now nearly four decades beyond the publication of A Nation at Risk, a federal report that indicted the “rising tide of mediocrity” and initiated a well-deserved period...

http://boston.com/community/blogs/rock_the_schoolhouse/2012/05/decision_time_on_extended_lear.html The Education Reform Act of 1993 was a complex piece of legislation but its principal components are four: High academic standards for K-12 schools; Accountability through the MCAS test and a state office that performs audits on schools and districts; Improved...