Posted by Adam Schaeffer on August 26, 2010
By Adam Schaeffer
The new PDK/Gallup education poll for 2010 is out, with the standard problems we can expect from this pro-government school/anti-choice outfit. Randi Weingarten even gets some column space! Oh Randi, you proud yet humble teacher. The “Commentary” sidebars in general were cringe-inducingly hackish and treacly. It is interesting that there was a big spike in [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama, bill clinton, charter schools, Education and Child Policy, education policy, school choice | 
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Posted by Adam Schaeffer on August 26, 2010
The new PDK/Gallup education poll for 2010 is out, with the standard problems we can expect from this pro-government school/anti-choice outfit. Randi Weingarten even gets some column space! Oh Randi, you proud yet humble teacher. The “Commentary” sidebars in general were cringe-inducingly hackish and treacly. It is interesting that there was a big spike in [...]
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Tags: Barack Obama, bill clinton, charter schools, Education and Child Policy, education policy, school choice | No Comments »
Posted by Andrew J. Coulson on July 15, 2010
By Andrew J. Coulson
Rick Hess has written recently about education policy in the republic of Georgia, describing it as “guaranteed to bring smiles to my friends at the Cato Institute.” Hess characterizes it as a “market-driven system,” and “a seemingly elegant market design,” that has been undermined by a lack of autonomy for schools, “incoherent governance,” and “the reluctance [...]
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Tags: adrian monk, autonomy, Education and Child Policy, education policy, International Economics and Development, national curriculum, republic of georgia, rick hess | No Comments »
Posted by Neal McCluskey on May 18, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
There’s a lot to learn about going on in federal education policy today, and none of it is good.
First, Steven Brill offfers a revealing look at the Race to the Top evaluation process in a piece that can be added to the ever-growing pile of evidence that Race to the Top isn’t even close to the objective [...]
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Tags: Afghanistan, Bailout, common core, Education, Education and Child Policy, education policy, elementary and secondary education, federal deficit, General, national standards, Race to the Top | No Comments »
Posted by Neal McCluskey on May 18, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
There’s a lot to learn about going on in federal education policy today, and none of it is good.
First, Steven Brill offfers a revealing look at the Race to the Top evaluation process in a piece that can be added to the ever-growing pile of evidence that Race to the Top isn’t even close to the objective [...]
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Tags: Afghanistan, Bailout, common core, Education, Education and Child Policy, education policy, elementary and secondary education, federal deficit, General, national standards, Race to the Top | No Comments »
Posted by Neal McCluskey on May 18, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
There’s a lot to learn about what’s going on in federal education policy today, and none of it is good.
First, Steven Brill offers a revealing look at the Race to the Top evaluation process in a piece that can be added to the ever-growing pile of evidence that Race to the Top isn’t even close to the [...]
Categories: Politics |
Tags: Afghanistan, Bailout, common core, Education, Education and Child Policy, education policy, elementary and secondary education, federal deficit, General, national standards, Race to the Top | No Comments »
