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Local News
"Students in kindergarten through second grade may be talking about new PETS this year. PETS, which stands for Primary Education Thinking Skills, is an enrichment and diagnostic curriculum program that the school district is now using as a part of our Advanced Academics effort."
~ From the DPS Parent Newsletter October 2007
State and National News
NY Times: Report Sees Cost in Some Academic Gains
"A study argues that the nation’s focus on helping students who are furthest behind may have yielded steady academic gains for low-achieving students in recent years at the expense of top students." ...more
