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For all the controversy around these standards, there are countless stories of states and districts working together for a better outcome for kids and that's the real story.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-minnich/"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/chris-minnich/headshot.jpg);"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <p class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-minnich/">Chris Minnich</a></p> <p class="author_teaser">Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="entry " id="blog_11590000" data-beacon="{"p":{"plid":11590000,"mpid":1,"lnid":"autopilot"}}"> <div class="col entry_left"> </div> <div class="col entry_right"> <h2><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mindy-mcneal/the-pregnancy-of-inclusio_b_11590000.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education" style="line-height: 18px !important;font-weight: bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">The Pregnancy Of Inclusion</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mindy-mcneal/the-pregnancy-of-inclusio_b_11590000.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education"> <img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657im_/http://i.huffpost.com/gen/4041550/images/n-BIRTH-medium.jpg" alt="BIRTH"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">CaiaImage via Getty Images</span> </div> <p>With the birth of a new child, you often hear the family state, "I can't imagine life without them." Inclusion at my school was born out of the need to change and banish the concept of "dummies." The result? Classrooms where everyone belonged, and no one could imagine life without it.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mindy-mcneal/"><span id="blogger-headshot" style="background-image: url(https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657im_/http://s.huffpost.com/contributors/dr-mindy-mcneal/headshot.jpg);"></span></a> </div> <div class="blogger_credit"> <p class="byline_timestamp blogger_name"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mindy-mcneal/">Dr. Mindy McNeal</a></p> <p class="author_teaser">Creator of the Hey, You! 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They have a herd of billionaires in their fold. We need you. 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bold;font-size: 16px;font-family: arial;color: #1A1A1A;">This Little-Known Letter From George Washington Is Essential Reading For 2016</a></h2> <div class="green_entry_bar"></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div class="image_wrapper relative" style="width: 300px;float:left;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160819173657/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alan-singer/george-washington-denounc_b_11581908.html?utm_hp_ref=education&ir=Education"> <img src="/web/20160819173657im_/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/education/" alt="GEORGE WASHINGTON LETTER"/> </a> <span class="absolute image-credit arial_11">Getty</span> </div> <p>As the Trump campaign has escalated racial and ethnic tension and bullying in schools, this letter by George Washington becomes essential reading in every social studies and history class as a reminder of what the Founding Fathers actually believed.</p> <div class="author_bottom_desc"> <div class="blogger_img"> <a 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