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Teacher Pay Fails To Affect Scores, Report Says

Submitted by T. Richardson, Jan 31, 2007 18:30

Achievement will always be low until decisions concerning education include teachers! Like any and every profession you had the good and the bad. Do you really think a person would spend years in college to

graduate and look forward to the constant degrading given by people who really owe much of their successful life to at least one teacher?


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Feb 2, 2007 13:21

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Feb 1, 2007 21:42

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kiwikit 

Jan 31, 2007 18:57

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Feb 6, 2007 14:47

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