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An Overlooked Lesson from the Off-Year Elections
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
2.1.2010

Political commentators are still theorizing about the full implications of Sen. Scott Brown's (R-MA) Senate election-particularly in light of the gubernatorial victories in Virginia and New Jersey last November (see here, here, and here, for instance). Thus far they have focused primarily on the health-care debate; however, these elections underscore the importance of putting parents-not politicians-in charge of children's education.
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Empowering Parents in the Pelican State
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
2.1.2010

The Pelican State holds critical lessons for adopting student vouchers, according to a new analysis by Louisiana native and Harvard researcher Michael Henderson. This is welcome news since in recent years similar programs have been scaled back or eliminated in Washington, DC, Utah, Arizona, and Florida.
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State of the Union Perpetuates Myth that Resource$ = Reform
By: Vicki E. Murray, Ph.D
2.1.2010

"The idea here is simple: instead of rewarding failure, we only reward success." That's what President Obama promised in his State of the Union last week. Sounds great-except we've heard that one before. It's the same promise the president made last year in his first major education address-rewarding whatever works. Of course, the following day he signed the omnibus spending bill effectively killing the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which was deemed a success by his own education department and cost a fraction of what DC public schools do, $6,600 versus more than $28,000 per student.
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