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Invisible Schoolteachers (Qiang Liu)

August 8, 2006

The booming growth of private schools...in communist China.

Why Kids Can’t Read: Challenging the Status Quo in Education (Nancy Salvato)

August 8, 2006

A review of Why Kids Can’t Read: Challenging the Status Quo in Education.

Testing Takes Teachers To Task (Jay Greene and Marcus Winters)

August 8, 2006

Disagreeing with recent conservative criticism of No Child Left Behind.

Are Federal School Vouchers a Bad Idea? (Andrew Coulson, with response from Robert Teegarden)

August 8, 2006

The Alliance responds to Andrew Coulson.

Charter Schools Give Students the Fighting Chance They Need (Deneen Moore)

August 8, 2006

It is common to hear that public schools are failing our children. Despite this identified and obvious problem, giving parents an alternative – school choice – is fought tooth-and-nail by teachers’ unions and other advocates of government-run education. Scores of children, especially those in the inner city, find themselves trapped and essentially left behind while […] Read more »

Teaching Spirituality (Andrew Pass)

August 1, 2006

A parent and educator points out that our public school classrooms are devoid not only of religion, but spirituality.

Open Letter to a Preservice Teacher (Robert Talbert)

August 1, 2006

A college professor talks to aspiring teachers.

Help Foster Children on Education (Dan Lips)

August 1, 2006

Finally, the need to improve foster care in America has begun to get the attention it deserves. Read more »

Say Aloha to Weighted Student Funding (Coby Loup and Eric Osberg)

August 1, 2006

The Fordham Foundation takes a look at Hawaii's new weighted student funding law.

Speaking Out Against the LAUSD Takeover (David Hernandez)

August 1, 2006

A Latino Republican and supporter of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks out against the proposed LAUSD mayoral takeover.