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West Point for cops, cynical strategies for higher education, and an answer to last week's question

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Jun 23, 2023
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My kid had his last day of school this week and we got what I thought was an interesting answer to last week’s question about year-end slacking in American schools, so I thought I’d start by quoting it:

Stephen: Not a question, but a professional secondary educator here chiming in about learning nothing in the last weeks of school, from a prior week. I'…

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