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As lawmakers return to Richmond this year, many of them will be focused on reforming Virginia’s system of standardized testing. Michael Pope has the story.
The On-Going Debate Over Standardized Testing in Virginia
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From NPR News- Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a lecture stage in New York August 12, 2022Rushdie, the author whose writing led to death threats from Iran in the 1980s, was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck by a man who rushed the stage as Rushdie was about to give a lecture.
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- Author Salman Rushdie was attacked on a lecture stage in New York August 12, 2022
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- Salman Rushdie: Man arrested after author attacked on stage August 12, 2022
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