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Hoover Digest by topic: School Finance
August 13, 2012
A Golden Opportunity
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Can’t anyone free California from deficits and dysfunction? By Michael J. Boskin and John F. Cogan.
April 6, 2012
Independents' Day
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Win over those “none of the above” voters, and you win the White House. By David W. Brady and Douglas Rivers.
October 12, 2011
What a Candidate Needs to Say
An imagined stump speech by somebody who “gets” education. By Chester E. Finn Jr. and Michael J. Petrilli.
July 13, 2011
The States Are Back
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Whether racing to the top or sinking in debt (or both), some governors are taking the school-reform baton back from Washington. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
July 13, 2011
The Staggering Power of the Teachers' Unions
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A look at the most powerful force in American education—and it isn’t a force for good. By Terry M. Moe.
April 21, 2010
School of Hard Knocks
The education reform movement is stumbling to a halt, and needs its own version of back to basics. By Chester E. Finn Jr.
October 9, 2009
What’s Wrong with Merit Pay?
It will probably reward test prep instead of real learning. By Diane Ravitch.
July 1, 2009
An F in Effectiveness
When it comes to schools, Obama’s stimulus is likely to lock in a set of bad policies. By Eric A. Hanushek and Alfred Lindseth.
April 20, 2009
Yes, He Can—but Will He?
Obama could be an education innovator, but the Democrats are weak on school choice and downright timid on the teachers’ unions. By Terry M. Moe.
October 19, 2007
Equalizing the Schools
Now that race-based school assignment has run aground in the Supreme Court, here’s a better idea: let parents choose the schools their kids attend. By Paul E. Peterson.