<div><p>Surely you have heard of the "Varsity Blues" scandal, in which the rich and famous purchased "side door" entries to elite colleges for their children with mediocre academic and athletic skills.</p><p>There were at least two ways they cheated: at two compromised testing centers in Los Angeles

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<div><p>The <a href="https://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/" rel="noopener noreferrer">National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)</a> boasts a long and proud history. First administered in 1969 to national samples, NAEP typically tests students in 4th, 8th, and an upper high school grade in 

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<div><p>Not only is Jeb Bush the son of one former US president and the brother of another, as Florida governor he established a reputation as a hands-on activist and innovator, particularly in education policy. Indeed, he helped to establish and lead the education policy and advocacy group, <a href

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<div><p>The amounts are huge. A search in the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation <a href="https://www.gatesfoundation.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">website</a> for grant awards with the keyword “<strong>Common Core</strong>” returns 257 results accumulating more than $300 million.</p><p>Substitutin

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