I posted earlier that HR 5 was withawn but that was not true. Too good to be true. It is hanging on: https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/the-latest-play-by-play-on-hr-5-student-success-act/
Wouldn’t it be nice if Congress got out of the way and let teachers teach?
Diane Ravitch's blog 
HR 5 HAS BEEN PULLED. This means it will not be voted on in its current form. An amended version could return to the House floor in the future.
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Can’t wait to see what special interest groups lobby to inflict on our students.
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You can bet the amended version will be presented on the back end of a long day of deliberation with the vote occurring under the cover of darkness. Furthermore, reformers will include their key issues as part of a bigger resolution to deflect attention away from them. That’s how they roll.
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” Furthermore, reformers will. . . ”
They are not “reformers”, rheephormers yes, deformers yes, privateers yes, idiologues yes (purposely misspelled) but reformers NO!
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