NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND; Schools facing a steep grade; Folks at Minnesota's best schools are worried. Even with high test scores and national awards, the requirements of a new federal law may mark them as failures. Here's how.(NEWS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: January 26, 2003| Author: Walsh, James; Draper, Norman | Copyright information

Byline: James Walsh; Norman Draper; Staff Writers

Gatewood Elementary in Minnetonka is brimming with the sights, the sounds and the confidence of a great school.

Its Peace Wall, festooned with the art and artifacts of dozens of nations, also features the school's 2001 Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the U.S. Department of Education, touting it as one of the nation's best. Nearby is the framed newspaper story about Barb Stoflet, Gatewood's own Minnesota Te...

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