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Patch Blogs: Tax Advice, Student Achievement, Scams Aimed at Your Kids and More

Check out what some of our Oakton Patch Local Voices contributors had to say this week.

Patch has welcomed several new bloggers to our Local Voices section in the past few weeks. Here’s a sampling of some of the blogs posted in the past week on Patch.

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IRS Offers Top 10 Tax Time Tips - The end of the tax filing season is almost here. Even though your tax return is not due until April 15, you can make tax time easier on yourself by starting now. Here are 10 important tips to ensure a smooth process.

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Toward Better Measures of Student Achievement - We have just begun discussing the PISA data, but there is one early take-away for me.  The PISA test itself is far superior to anything I’ve seen in our VA SOL tests.

Online Parenting: 10 Common Internet Scams Your Child Might Fall For - Are your children always online? Check out this blog post for the top 10 most common internet scams for children so you can be a better online parent!

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March Madness and the "Homeless" Court Disadvantage - This year, March is not reserved for sports madness alone. Cuts in federal housing programs have landed directly on highly vulnerable individuals and families. We're calling a technical.

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