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Education Reform Programs Come in One-Size-Fits-All

By Bryan Noonan
The Pitch | March 9, 2005
The Kansas City, Mo., School District has spent millions on a reform effort that forces teachers to read dumbed-down literature, like Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul, to their students -- and be timed by stopwatches while they're doing it.
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Tags: No Child Left Behind, inner city, Achievement First, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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