Posted by Neal McCluskey on June 17, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
Finished with my woman
‘Cause she couldn’t help me with my mind
People think I’m insane
Because I am frowning all the time
- Black Sabbath, “Paranoid”
According to the Fordham Institute’s Chester Finn, I and others like me are “paranoid.” So why, like Ozzy Osbourne, am I “frowning all the time?” Because I look at decades of public [...]
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Posted by Neal McCluskey on June 10, 2010
By Neal McCluskey
Arguably the most troubling aspect of the push for national education standards has been the failure — maybe intentional, maybe not — of standards supporters to be up front about what they want and openly debate the pros and cons of their plans. Unfortunately, as Pioneer Institute Executive Director Jim Stergios laments today, supporters are [...]
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Tags: brookings institution, department of education, Education, Education and Child Policy, fordham, fordham institute, health care debate, jay greene, national education standards, national standards, no child left behind, regulations, regulators, school, special interests, standards, the media, university of arkansas |
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