Contemplate the millions of families who have gone from subsistence farming to steady jobs in export industries, the students who have enriched themselves and their homelands after studying abroad, and the blossoming wonders of the Internet.

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But after six years of steady gains, test scores have gone flat.

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What was a slow and steady increase much of the year has gone into overdrive since late summer.

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The Fed policy to devalue the currency to keep inflation steady is the wrong move because prices on gasoline and food have gone up.

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