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I strongly agree with Ravitch's emphasis on intertwining community and school! I feel that if everyone in the community would work together to make sure something is done to preserve America's public schools; we could change the actions that the reformers are taking. I believe that it would be extremely beneficial for all children to be provided with prekindergarten. Students that start school at the kindergarten level, are already behind if they have not received the building blocks needed. As I stated in my post, I support Ravitch 100% in saying that testing should only be used diagnostically. It is discouraging knowing that testing has become the emphasis of education. Sadly, I still have not received the data from the Georgia Milestones

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