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	<title><![CDATA[Can Public Schools Fix the Achievement Gap? Yes, But They Won't]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-sacks/can-public-schools-fix-th_b_67105.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>"Student achievement is on the rise," said Education Secretary Margaret Spellings said last week in response to new data showing better math and reading scores for American schoolchildren.</p>

<p>"No Child Left Behind is working," <a href="http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2007/09/09252007.html">she went on</a>. "It's doable, reasonable and necessary. Any efforts to weaken accountability would fly in the face of rising achievement." Indeed, test scores are inching up. But there's still the matter of The Gap, the difference in test results between advantaged and disadvantaged students. Closing...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-03-28T02:47:00-04:00</date_published>
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