July 25, 2006
What New Jersey's education bureaucrats didn't say in response to a class action lawsuit on behalf of students was most telling.
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The America's Opportunity Scholarships for Kids initiative could rescue tens of thousands of students from failing schools.
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The writer at Right Wing Nation takes aim at education schools and the NEA.
Read more »July 18, 2006
Instead of perpetuating a system that traps minority students in failing schools, let's give the power to the parents so that they can pick the best education for their children.
Read more »July 18, 2006
Los Angeles has taken a huge historic first ever anyplace step, with the formation last week of the LA Parents Union. Readers of this space may recall that a few weeks ago, I went off on a tear about how every entity in the LAUSD had power for one reason – they were unionized. And […]
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July 18, 2006
(The final installment in a three-part series looking at the components of education, and what should be changed to achieve true reform. Part 1 is here, and Part 2 is here. -ed.)
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July 18, 2006
In 1955, the bombshell book “Why Johnny Can’t Read” disturbed a few nesting hornets. A half-century later, per-student education spending in inflation-adjusted dollars has quadrupled, but Johnny (and today’s Jareds and Jessicas) still can’t read.
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July 18, 2006
In 2001, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge battled with Democratic state legislators to create a corporate scholarship tax credit program to bring the state’s families school choice. Five years later, Ridge’s tax credit has strong bipartisan support and is a model for other states. And just two weeks ago, Gov. Ed Rendell, a Democrat, signed legislation […]
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