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Every profession has its jargon. Doctors see a bruise and call it a contusion. Stock brokers talk about price-earnings ratios. For the most part, we accept these terms of art. But when the profession is that of public school teacher, we are less patient. Education jargon seems to drive a wedge between people and their schools and it?s on the rise. Paradoxically, it may well be the unintended consequence of a popular effort to give the public a clearer view of how well schools are doing are their job. Jon Greenberg has more.