November 2, 2006
Four years later, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) has provided few American families with real options.
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The best of charter schools and the best of district-run public schools have much to teach others.
Read more »October 30, 2006
Five years can feel like a lifetime in politics, where momentum can be a stronger force than gravity. For the Bush Administration, five years invested in implementing and defending No Child Left Behind has created a sense of ownership over all aspects of a law that was the result of heavy negotiations. This was apparent […]
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October 27, 2006
In the Summer of 2001 Dame Marie Clay, creator of the New Zealand based Reading Recovery program, and her entourage came to the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, DC, to speak with House Education Committee Staffer Bob Sweet. Her purpose was to ascertain whether Reading Recovery would be eligible for Reading First funding once […]
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October 26, 2006
Could Australia offer a creative middle way out of the national standards debate?
Read more »October 25, 2006
What is so "wretched" about constructivism? Our ed school insider explains.
Read more »October 24, 2006
The story of two fathers in Colorado--and their ongoing fight against alleged union corruption.
Read more »October 24, 2006
America’s schools and universities recently marked the birth of the U.S. Constitution by complying with a federal mandate to teach about America’s most important document. But the congressionally-directed celebration may turn out to be a lesson in irony-at least in one Nebraska high school.
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October 24, 2006
The State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may, by law, determine. -Article 21A, Constitution of India
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