It’s three days after the conclusion of state testing and three weeks until the end of the school year. While the teachers have done their best to get back to learning following the yearly buzzkill that is standardized testing, the students are reluctant to challenge themselves with new material. They know the last week of school brings awards assemblies, field trips, field days, locker cleanout and other activities that signal the end of learning and the start of summer vacation. Teachers are similarly disinterested in new material that will need to be planned, taught, assessed, re-taught and re-assessed.
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