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• Commented on Thinking About Hiring a Life Coach? How About Jayson Blair?
  gotta give the guy credit -- dude knows how to work a hustle....
• Commented on Educators Fired For Cheating at D.C. Charter School
  but does it "work" if there's widespread cheating?...
• Commented on Educators Fired For Cheating at D.C. Charter School
  I wonder how often this kind of cheating occurs. I would guess, quite often, given the incentives that the school, teachers, and students have in higher scores, and the fact that almost no one has any incentive to say anything...
• Commented on End of the School Year Brings Teacher Firings
  Ms. Brown/DCist: I forgot to mention it earlier, this coverage of DC schools is very informative. No one else is covering this kind of stuff. It seems like all the coverage we get from the Post is broad policy type...
• Commented on End of the School Year Brings Teacher Firings
  isn't this inevitable given the declining enrollment?...