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Every weekday I’m sharing the top education news stories. Fodder for discussion: A Texas principal and teachers tampered with student test scores, an education blog wonders if it’s a sign of the high-pressure times in education and meanwhile D.C. lawmakers criticize the Obama Administration’s top education initiatives.

• Educators in Texas were with students’ state achievement tests to boost scores. A principal, assistant principal and some teachers distributed detailed study guides for the state’s science test, The New York Times reported today.

• In response, the New York Times Learning Network Blog ponders to perform.

• Lawmakers in D.C. are of two of Pres. Obama’s prominent education initiatives, Education Week reported today —including the competition.

• Sixteen education experts National Journal Online of what will happen in the wake of D.C. teachers’ new performance-pay contract.

• questions whether expensive technology tools in the classroom really pay off — or do they rob students of opportunities for independent discovery?

• In New York City, the number of students facing summer school . The city is raising the bar on what scores are required for promotion to the next grade while Harvard experts analyze the district’s assessment test, which was criticized for being “too easy,” The New York Times reported today.

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