(Hours 3a,b,c) 
Rich started off the segment by talking to Jacques Flower Shop’s Garden Goddess about the ingredients to her roasted butternut squash. He then introduced Sid Glassner for the first segment of Is Our Children Learning. He discussed parental involvement (Click here our earlier segment on the topic) and he talked about the authority of the teachers.
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(Hour 3b) Sid talked to us about the language that is being tossed around in the political arena, which he described as demeaning. He and Rich then moved on to the Smarter Balanced Assessment scores. They talked about the legal release of the scores and discussed using the test versus using tests that have already been established.
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(Hour 3c) Sid read a letter written by a Superintendent in Madison, Connecticut in response to the Smarter Balanced Assessment scores. He and Rich talked about the validity of the test, the low scores and the financials that are involved.
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