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Students at Marcy Open School in Minneapolis listen to spoken word artist e. g. bailey as he instructs them on how to prepare for a poetry performance. Teacher Sara Dotty looks on from the back of the class. (MPR Photo/Marianne Combs)

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Educators react to school test scores

Broadcast: Midday, 08/08/2008, 11:00 a.m.

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Nearly half of Minnesota schools failed to make adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act. The head of the Minnesota teachers union and the head of the school administrators association discuss what to make of this news.

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  • Tom Dooher: President, Education Minnesota.
  • Charlie Kyte: Executive director of the Minnesota Association of School Administrators.

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