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Kick off the new Families opt ADVANCEMENTS
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brand new school year with school year with out of traditional The classrooms of the
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Stock up on all the tools ideas kids Jeanette Barrett-Stokes
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10 Teaching with tech CREATIVE DIRECTOR
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Electronic products help jcouncil@usatoday.com
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12 Healthy lunchboxes Michelle Washington
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Three kid chefs share
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16 One-stop shopping Hannah Prince
Lori Santos
Target tries new ways to Sara Schwartz
engage guests Tracy L. Scott
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The pros and cons of
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Finding a good fit for High School
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74 Recess debate Agricultural education Julie Marco
Physical activity plays plants firm roots
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76 Limiting screen time Concussions remain electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
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Help kids take a break a concern in youth sports consent of USA TODAY.
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TESTING
BY THE
NUMBERS
Percentage of high
Grading school graduates who
have taken the ACT
practices are and meet all four
college-readiness
uneven ... benchmarks (English,
from school to reading, math and
science)
school, from
state to state.
KATI HAYCOCK, CEO of the
Education Trust Number of
high school gradu-
ates who cant pass
the Armed Forces
Qualification Test
ing an election year, with both parties advocat- standardized tests without much interfer- law called for states to bring every Chalkbeat, a news site covering
ing for education reform. Critics of testing are ence from the federal government. But amid child to the proficient level by the education.