It’s no news that civility across party lines is a diminished commodity in Washington. At a time when Rush Limbaugh has drawn national ire for his latest outburst and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) has announced her resignation from a bickering …
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Hark(in)! The Lessons of 2007
October 21, 2011 – 3:27 pm
The ESEA has not seen this kind of action since 2007. Back then, House education committee Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., introduced a “discussion draft” to overhaul No Child Left Behind. The response was unanimous: everyone hated it. They beat it…
Stick it to the Man, Addendum: Incentivize
September 7, 2011 – 8:00 am
In a recent post, Neerav Kingsland discussed how public education is an irrational system, equivalent to “The Man,” or the “one” who keeps us down. I agree with his assertion and would go one step further. Even if the government…
A Swinging Pendulum?
August 31, 2011 – 8:00 am
Rewarding schools for making progress may be a reasonable basis for accountability, but few would argue that mere “progress” is enough if it leaves kids stranded short of college readiness. That is a brief summary of the current debate about…