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Study: Schools face shortfalls after stimulus ends

with Michael J. Petrillivia Associated Press
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Using federal stimulus money to avoid layoffs at schools is going to create a shortfall even more difficult for states and schools to contend with when that money runs out, according to a first-of-its-kind study released Monday. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The Mighty Dunn

by Peter M. Robinsonvia Forbes
Friday, December 18, 2009

Why the former footballer is hoping to run for office in California--as a Republican. . . .

In the News

No Kentucky charter school law: It's not fair

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Blue Grass Institute For Public Policy Solutions (KY)
Thursday, December 17, 2009

In 2008, more than 10,000 students were trapped in Kentucky’s 34 Tier 5 schools – schools failing to make adequate progress for at least six years. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The Long March From California to Copenhagen

by Victor Davis Hansonvia Works and Days
Thursday, December 17, 2009

We are still in a great public debate between capitalism and socialism, and individual freedom versus statism — odd since hundreds of millions worldwide have escaped poverty the last 30 years due to the spread of Western-inspired free markets. . . .

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Bring Parental Choice to Detroit Public Schools

with Caroline M. Hoxbyvia Mackinac Center for Public Policy (MI)
Thursday, December 17, 2009

There's little left to argue; Detroit is home to the nation's worst school system. Having recently uncovered loads of corruption and facing bankruptcy, the district just scored historic lows on a national test . . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Five Things to Watch in California in 2010

by Bill Whalenvia Bill Whalen: Politi-Cal
Thursday, December 17, 2009

2009 is coming to a close – mercifully, it would seem, for California’s ruling class. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Cell phones versus control

by Tibor R. Machanvia Freedom Communications
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

For a while now I have observed the alarm about the use of cell phones while driving. . . .

In the News

Rethink common core standards

with Williamson M. Eversvia Joanne Jacobs (Blog)
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Proposed common core standards aren’t good enough, write Bill Evers and Ze’ev Wurman on Jay P. Greene’s blog. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

The Great New York City Bicycle Wars

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Daily Beast
Monday, December 14, 2009

The New York Post, feisty Boswell of the Big Apple, chronicles a delicious battle in Brooklyn between Hasidic Jews and hipsters. . . .

Analysis and Commentary

Problems with the Common Core National Standards

by Williamson M. Eversvia Ed Policy
Monday, December 14, 2009

Ze'ev Wurman and I wrote an op-ed that we published Dec. 11 as a guest column on Jay P. Greene's Blog. . . .

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