Subject: Afternoon Buzz: Why it’s so scary that test prep works so well
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 15:09:25 -0400 (EDT)

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WHY IT’S SO SCARY THAT TEST PREP WORKS SO WELL 
Valerie Strauss
Sarah Blaine is a mother, former teacher and full-time practicing attorney in New Jersey who writes at her own parentingthecore blog. In the last she was written a number of pieces documenting her own evolution into education activism, including one published last year titled, “You think you know what teachers do. Right? Wrong,” and another titled  “Pearson’s wrong answer — and why it matters in the high-stakes testing era.” Here’s a new post by Blaine about test prep — how it worked for her when she was studying for the bar exam to become a lawyer, and it how it affects students and the process of learning.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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ATTORNEYS ASK JUDGE TO CONSIDER PETRAEUS IN SENTENCING EX-CIA OFFICER STERLING 
Matt Zapotosky
Defense attorneys for the former CIA officer convicted of giving classified information to a New York Times reporter urged a federal judge on Friday to sentence their client in line with the terms faced by other so-called leakers — noting that not 24 hours ago, a retired general and ex-CIA director was given mere probation in a similar case.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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VA. DELEGATES BASH EFFORT TO PROTECT TRANSGENDER STUDENTS 
T. Rees Shapiro
Two state Republican delegates spoke out against a proposal in Fairfax County to include transgender students and staff in the school system's non-discrimination policy.The proposal, submitted by School Board member Ryan McElveen (At Large), comes after Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring (D) issued an opinion in March granting local school boards the authority to include sexual orientation and gender identity in non-discrimination policies. The Fairfax board voted 11 to 1 last fall to add protections for sexual orientation and next month will vote on a measure to expand coverage to transgender students and staff for the first time.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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TEACHER’S AIDE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINOR 
Dan Morse, Donna St. George
A recent Montgomery County teacher’s aide has been charged with sexual abuse of a student, police said. Robert Otis Wilson, 23, of the 14000 block of Grand Pre Avenue in Silver Spring was arrested Thursday night for allegedly abusing a girl who attended Loiederman Middle School in Silver Spring. Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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‘THE WATER DIVINER,’ ‘THE AGE OF ADALINE’ AND OTHER NEW MOVIES, REVIEWED 
Macy Freeman
In this week’s new releases, Russell Crowe makes his directorial debut in “The Water Diviner,” a film about an Australian father (played by Crowe) who travels to Turkey following the Battle of Gallipoli to find his three missing sons. In “The Age of Adaline” Blake Lively plays a centenarian who after accident stopped aging beyond age 29.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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TRAFFIC, TRANSIT TIPS FOR THE WEEKEND 
Robert Thomson
After the bustle of the Cherry Blossom Festival, the D.C. area offers relatively few events to draw big crowds this weekend, which the Capital Weather Gang is calling “gray and somewhat wet.”The main sports activity is in Verizon Center, where the Wizards are in playoff action at 8 p.m. Friday and 6:30 p.m. Sunday.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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BIG CHANGE COMING FOR THIRD STREET TUNNEL TRAFFIC 
Robert Thomson
If you’re among the many thousands of drivers who commute into the District via the Third Street Tunnel on Interstate 395, pay attention to this one: The Second Street ramp from northbound I-395 to Massachusetts Avenue will go down to a single lane starting at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, May 2.Read full article &gt;&gt; [
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REST IN PEACE RESTON SNOW PILE (PHOTOS) 
Kevin Ambrose
The Reston snow pile will be best remembered for the joy it brought to others. Until Wednesday. [
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