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Check out this new release from our partners at Defending the Early Years! Released TODAY!Today DEY launches its 4th mini-documentary in the Teachers Speak Out series.

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Grades are and have been a waste of time. Above all, they create an unhealthy obsession for this kind of superficial praise. Until we get rid of them, it will be the number one reason why kids learn and teachers teach. You can't have "Joy" of learning in this hidden bureaucracy https://t.co/J2zqb81wdE

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