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Honor Friedman by allowing students to be 'free to choose'
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 1.29.2009
On this date two years ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed Milton Friedman Day in California to honor the late Nobel Prize-winning economist and the governor's "intellectual hero, whose ideas proved "life-changing." Now it's time the governor and Legislature allow Friedman's ideas to change the lives of California parents and students.
The Weekly Education Round-Up: Lessons on Liberal Education Policies
Submitted on 1.29.2009
From court rulings to overspending, the week was ripe with liberal agenda victories.
Lessons from Virginia to California
Submitted by Evelyn Stacey on 1.28.2009
Last week, the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy, along with the Black Alliance for Education Options, released a new survey on parents’ views about educational choice. The survey was given to residents throughout Petersburg, Norfolk and Richmond, Va., but the results speak volumes to parents everywhere, especially California.
Reform, Not Report Cards, Will Cure Schools
Submitted on 1.27.2009
In an effort to show greater accountability for results, school districts across the country from Florida to Missouri to California are issuing so-called school report cards, which contain data on various indicators of student and school performance.
The CTA's radio ads: Don't believe a word of 'em
Submitted by Chris Reed on 1.27.2009
I was going to do a post dissecting the CTA's absurd radio ads claiming that schools had faced billions of dollars in cuts in recent years -- not true -- and saying state schools had the worst funding in the nation -- not true. But Vicki Murrary of the Pacific Research Institute beat me to it, so I won't double up on her work:
The CTA's Latest Ads: A Dishonest Defense of a Dysfunctional Monopoly
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 1.23.2009
Public school funding is plunging to the bottom of the national spending barrel, and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s latest budget “attack” on education is to blame—or so the California Teachers Association claims.
California School Days
Submitted on 1.21.2009
The argument over what to do about America's struggling schools is still raging. Programs such as No Child Left Behind have achieved some success by introducing a measure of accountability into the process. But American students continue to get clobbered on international tests by other countries whose school systems spend less money per student and have larger average class sizes.
Kids Need More School Choice
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D on 1.21.2009
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposes shortening the school year by five days to save $1.1 billion and help shrink the state’s $42-billion deficit. State superintendent Jack O’Connell opposes the idea, declaring that a longer school year is needed to prepare students for “the competitive global economy.”
The Unseen Culprits in America’s Financial Crisis
Submitted by Lewis M. Andrews on 1.21.2009
To the long list of villains in America’s unfolding economic crisis … the politicians who encouraged risky lending, the bankers who bundled questionable mortgages into marketable securities, and the ratings agencies that gave inflated grades to sub-par debt … add the thousands of supposedly responsible citizens who served as volunteers on their community school and finance boards.
Teachers Have Options Outside of Forced Unionism
Submitted by Evelyn Stacey on 1.16.2009
The Association of American Educators, along with the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, kicked off a back-to-school season campaign this fall to inform teachers and the public about the many organizations that give them insurance and benefits—all without the costly union dues attached.
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