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Book Calls for Advancement Through Disruption
Submitted by Evelyn B. Stacey on 1.28.2010
Review of Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns, by Clayton M. Christensen with Michael B. Horn and Curtis W. Johnson (New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008), 288 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 0071592067 / 9780071592062, $32.95
California Focus: 'Race to the Top' won't get there
Submitted by Lance T. Izumi, J.D. on 1.26.2010
As California and other states scramble for shares of Barack Obama's $4 billion pot of "Race to the Top" education funds, it's easy to overlook the recent dagger to the heart dealt by the president and the Democratic-controlled Congress to the successful and popular Washington, D.C., school-choice voucher program.
An education system more American than America's
Submitted by Clayton McCleskey on 1.15.2010
While Texas is struggling to lift sagging standards in its public education system, Sweden's schools are rockin' and rollin'. But Sweden's approach to education is culturally all-American. The Swedish model encourages competition and empowers individuals to take responsibility for their own education.
On the merits of teacher merit pay
Submitted on 1.15.2010
Last week Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed two education bills that will make California more competitive for federal “Race to the Top” grants. The bills endured months of wrangling in the Legislature, and reformers remain concerned that the measures will not translate into the sweeping changes needed to improve California’s broken education system. The California Teachers’ Association opposed even the mildest reform, and especially the provisions that linked teacher evaluation to student test scores.
Is there a Need for Charter Schools in Nebraska?
Submitted on 1.13.2010
The Platte Institute held a press conference at the State Capitol Wednesday to release a study that outlines a need for Charter Schools in Nebraska.
Report calls for charter schools
Submitted by Joe Dejka on 1.13.2010
With a pro-charter-school administration in Washington, the time is right for Nebraska to allow charter schools, according to a report being released today by a conservative Nebraska think tank.
Money before unions
Submitted on 1.7.2010
Sacramento legislators and Gov. Schwarzenegger may have achieved one of the most elusive accomplishments in California politics: bucking the teachers unions.
The Obama Administration and the DC Student Voucher Program
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D, Evelyn B. Stacey on 1.5.2010
In his September 8 back-to-school speech, President Obama urged students to take responsibility for their actions. That is also good advice for the president himself and for his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, considering that their recent actions are hurting the prospects of low-income students.
The Obama Administration and the DC Student Voucher Program
Submitted by Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D, Evelyn B. Stacey on 1.5.2010
In his September 8 back-to-school speech, President Obama urged students to take responsibility for their actions. That is also good advice for the president himself and for his Secretary of Education, Arne Duncan, considering that their recent actions are hurting the prospects of low-income students.
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