Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Fail
Why one-size-fits-all education doesn’t work - The Boston Globe
Or, um, healthcare?
Via Cato.
Anyone who called for legislation to establish mandatory national standards for television programming or restaurant menus would be laughed at: Americans don’t think the government is competent to decide what shows they can watch on TV or what they can order for dinner when eating out. Is it any less risible to think that government knows best when it comes to your children’s education?
Or, um, healthcare?
Via Cato.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Charter school in tough neighborhood gets all its seniors into college - chicagotribune.com
Charter school in tough neighborhood gets all its seniors into college.
A lottery. Your educational future is determined by a lottery.
A LOTTERY.
"Urban Prep, a charter school that enrolls using a lottery in one of the city's more troubled neighborhoods, faced difficult odds. Only 4 percent of this year's senior class read at grade level as freshmen, according to Tim King, the school's CEO."
A lottery. Your educational future is determined by a lottery.
A LOTTERY.
Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers
Why We Must Fire Bad Teachers - Newsweek.com
"The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation's future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. Within the United States, the achievement gap between white students and poor and minority students stubbornly persists—and as the population of disadvantaged students grows, overall scores continue to sag."
If even Newsweek notices...
"The relative decline of American education at the elementary- and high-school levels has long been a national embarrassment as well as a threat to the nation's future. Once upon a time, American students tested better than any other students in the world. Now, ranked against European schoolchildren, America does about as well as Lithuania, behind at least 10 other nations. Within the United States, the achievement gap between white students and poor and minority students stubbornly persists—and as the population of disadvantaged students grows, overall scores continue to sag."
If even Newsweek notices...
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit
Heritage turns seven hours of government time into 4 minutes of... private time?
Video: The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
Video: The Four-Minute Guide to the Seven-Hour Summit | The Foundry: Conservative Policy News.
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