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Tagged with “vouchers” (2)

1. Diane Ravitch: Standardized Testing Undermines Teaching : NPR

   Former Assistant Secretary of Education Diane Ravitch explains why she was once an early advocate of No Child Left Behind, school vouchers and charter schools — and what changed her mind.

   http://www.npr.org/2011/04/28/135142895/ravitch-standardized-testing-undermines-teaching?ft=1&f=1013

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2. Marketplace.org: A black market for mooncakes in China

   "A black market for mooncakes in China

   China’s mid-Autumn Festival and its tradition of eating mooncakes has lent itself to an underground economy worth billions."

   From http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2010/09/21/a-black-market-for-mooncakes-in-china/

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