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February 24, 2012 | Daily News (NY)
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Teacher ratings are a vital step forward

by Eric Hanushek (Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
But this is just one battle in the war for school reform...
February 9, 2012 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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How to Reboot K-12

by Koret Task Force
Let states opt out of federal mandates and embrace choice, excellence, and competition...
January 27, 2012 | National Review Online
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The State of Education

by Chester E. Finn Jr. (Senior Fellow and Chair, K–12 Education Task Force)
Can schools rekindle the American work ethic...?
January 19, 2012 | Thoughts on Public Education
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Jerry Brown’s fresh start: Local control tied to accountability

by Eric Hanushek (Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow in Education and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
Gov. Jerry Brown made two important statements about K-12 education in his State of the State speech on Wednesday...
December 13, 2011 | Private School Monitor
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The Voucher Revolution in Education

by Herbert J. Walberg (Distinguished Visiting Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
By 2030, K-12 education in America will be largely privatized...
November 17, 2011 | Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
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The Voucher Revolution

by Herbert J. Walberg (Distinguished Visiting Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
By 2030, K-12 education in America will be completely privatized...
November 2, 2011 | Freedom Politics
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Evaluate teachers on how much students have learned

by Williamson M. Evers (Research Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
On Tuesday, Nov. 1, a group of parents and taxpayers sued the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) to make the district follow the law, by evaluating teachers based on how much their students have learned...
October 13, 2011 | Freedom Politics
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New law nationalizes science education standards

by Williamson M. Evers (Research Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law SB300, Oct. 8, which approves the forthcoming national science-curriculum standards and lays out the path for California to put them into effect in 2013...I see three problems with the policy contained in California’s new law...
September 26, 2011 | Freedom Politics
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Obama should heed Tocqueville on schools

by Williamson M. Evers (Research Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force)
It is worth the time to remind ourselves what some of Tocqueville’s insights were. Once we do, we can consider the Obama administration’s current nationalization of K-12 public-school curriculum, with Tocqueville’s insights in mind...
September 15, 2011 | Wall Street Journal
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A Blue-State Bailout in Disguise

by Paul E. Peterson (Senior Fellow and member of the K–12 Education Task Force) and Daniel Nadler
Our new study shows that under the Obama jobs bill, debt-ridden states will get another big handout...