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LWolf

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8. It's all about shrinking budgets and

Reply to femmocrat (Reply #1)

Tue Feb 10, 2015, 09:20 AM

Feb 2015

increasing the high stakes for high stakes testing. Test scores are all that matter.

I don't know any teachers that wouldn't love to see their schools offer music instruction to all.

Starting at kindergarten.

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