August 15, 2006
While deficiencies in NCLB must be remedied, we must also address the crazy ideas that still delude the education profession and the ridiculous union contracts that hamstring common-sense reforms.
Read more »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 […]
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August 8, 2006
When statistical research makes the headlines, it’s important to read beyond the politically charged conclusions and take a look at the fine print. Interest groups often seize on a part of a study’s findings but leave the larger truth buried.
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August 8, 2006
A review of Why Kids Can’t Read: Challenging the Status Quo in Education.
Read more »August 1, 2006
You can’t work in education very long without hearing The Blueberry Story. In it, an executive of an award-winning ice cream company gives a speech to a group of teachers – teachers who grow angrier by the minute as the executive tells them how business principles could save education.
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August 1, 2006
A parent and educator points out that our public school classrooms are devoid not only of religion, but spirituality.
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