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School superintendents, teachers and others who work in the region's school systems confront all kinds of problems every day. Staff writer Valerie Strauss asked some to talk about a big problem they recently confronted and how they tried to resolve it. Following are some of their answers, most of them sent by e-mail:
Jack D. Dale
Superintendent,
Fairfax County Public Schools
Major Problem: Developing an agreed-upon approach in Virginia to deal with students just learning English while being expected to take a full English version of the state reading test.
Resolution: Meet several times with superintendents, testing officials, experts in English language learning and attorneys to craft a shared strategy and approach for short- and long-term resolution.
Isabelle Berges
Second-grade teacher,
Mount Rainier Elementary School,
Prince George's County
Sometimes it is difficult to juggle the different agendas of parents and students. . . . This [past] week, parents have had the following concerns:
