His junior high school history teacher, Stephen Lamb, remembers him being a smart student who could concern himself with things other than school.

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"Today's court ruling affirms NISD's position that we did make reasonable accommodation to the student by offering to remove the RFID chip from the student's smart ID badge, " the district said in a statement.

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She took my personal finance course as an elective, and the smart, hard-working student followed all her assignments, including the one that called for her to obtain a free copy of her credit report.

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Any student who completes the Play It Smart program in Atlanta Public Schools and then chooses a school that has received an endowed scholarship as a result of participation in the bowl is now guaranteed to be a recipient of the scholarship when they attend that school.

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He argues that the succes of KIPP shows that if public schools would spend spend more money and do so with smart investments like KIPP, then they could improve student outcomes.

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They have damaged public school performance and student prospects in a time of heated global competition for smart industries and educated workers.

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They have driven our states and municipalities to the edge of bankruptcy and have damaged public school performance and student prospects in a time of heated global competition for smart industries and educated workers.

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"A really smart politician would think about how to get these votes, " says PCC student Angie Fitzpatrick.

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