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Class Struggle by Jay Mathews, Education Columnist
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Let each high school decide how to motivate students
Two demographically similar and academically impressive local high schools - Northwood in Montgomery County and West Potomac in Fairfax County - have been debating grades. Both schools have been accused of letting too many students pass their courses without learning the material.
 

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High schoolers failing county final in Montgomery school system? No problem. (Post, November 14, 2010; 6:03 PM)
 
Diversity is a tough test for Thomas Jefferson High, the country's most selective school (Post, November 7, 2010; 7:13 PM)
 
Curiosity is banned at Westfield High (Post, October 17, 2010; 6:50 PM)
 
Class Struggle: High schools should make time for required writing (Post, October 14, 2010)
 
Facebook movie 'The Social Network' shows the folly of Ivy envy (Post, October 10, 2010; 7:29 PM)
 
Class Struggle: A rallying cry for math and science (Post, October 7, 2010)
 
KIPP DC leaders unworried by drop in test scores (Post, October 3, 2010; 7:52 PM)
 
Class Struggle: A crackdown on cheating would benefit everyone (Post, September 30, 2010)
 
Prince George's County high school opens AP courses to all (Post, September 26, 2010; 7:24 PM)
 
Class Struggle: For gifted students, skipping a grade is a smart move (Post, September 23, 2010)
 
Gray should keep Bedford team in place (Post, September 20, 2010)
 
Class Struggle: How can D.C. schools improve? Look next door. (Post, September 16, 2010)
 
Teacher asks; Rhee acts (Post, September 13, 2010)
 
D.C. teacher's transfer seems like revenge (Post, September 6, 2010)
 
Class Struggle: Guidance counselors' weak spots: Financial aid, potential private school bias (Post, September 2, 2010)
 
It's time to stop obsessing over achievement gap (Post, August 30, 2010)
 
Class Struggle: College is more than a career path (Post, August 26, 2010)
 
Class Struggle: College is more than a career path (Post, August 26, 2010)
 
Primary could determine fate of D.C. schools, for better or worse (Post, August 23, 2010)
 
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Books in the home push students toward educational attainment (Post, July 22, 2010)
 
Books in the home push students toward educational attainment (Post, July 22, 2010)
 
Better data needed to rate school systems accurately (Post, July 19, 2010)
 
Should students write long papers? On that, they have plenty to say. (Post, July 15, 2010)
 
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