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Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 12:12:14 -0500
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Through Thursday, January 18, Education Week stories are available free-of-charge to all visitors. Check out, in particular, the story about an Ohio school district's experiment with "pay for performance" in which students recieve cash rewards for high standardized test scores:

http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/01/17/19coshocton.h26.html

Bob Schaeffer, Public Education Director
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