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Do We Value Self Esteem or Learning?
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 2.19.2004

Remember when Pinocchio was led astray by the fast-talking fox who promised him fun instead of the hard work of school? By the end of the story he turned into a donkey. Some modern-day foxes in Sacramento want to raise student self-esteem by eliminating state testing of second-graders, which could result in an education for our children better suited to donkeys.

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